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Why take StreetCycling traffic safety training

Register for StreetCycling Road I

Every cyclist who takes to the road has the same rights and duties as a motor-vehicle operator. As such, it is imperative that learning to ride involves more than just learning to balance. Our training includes your legal rights and the five layers of prevention:,

  1. Bike Control: Avoid falls or collisions with others
  2. Observe Rules: Make safe driving decisions
  3. Lane Positioning: Encourage other drivers' safe decisions
  4. Evasive Maneuvers: Evade other drivers' unsafe decisions
  5. Injury Reduction: Protect your body

The training in these areas will help avoid 95% of the typical crashes experienced by cyclists. The basic course (Road I) is recommended and designed for cyclists who desire to ride safely in traffic and also for professional civil engineers and planners working with bicycle infrastructure projects.

Link to our podcasts on Safe Cycling Education

Bicycles are an environmental friendly form of transportation and recreation. However, care must be taken to treat the environment gently, even on a bicycle. Mountain bikers can benefit from our program which offers an understanding the IMBA rules of the trail, some basic bike mechanics and basic handling skills.

StreetCycling instructors are certified by the League of American Bicyclists to teach traffic cycling to children and adults (both cyclists and motorists); in groups or individuals; on road or mountain bikes. Our team includes the Chair of the League of American Bicyclists' education committee, author of numerous papers and curricula on bicycle safety education and recipient of the "National Education Award 2002" from the League of American Bicyclists.

Bicycle education fees vary from a 9-12 hour adult group program starting at $65 per rider to training community volunteers to conduct traffic cycling camps for school children in grades K-8. Fees for training and participation in one four-hour community cycling camp session begin at $1,000.

The community traffic cycling camp will require a significant amount of volunteer effort.



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