If you’ve received a bicycle from Youth en Route at one of our giveaways, you’ve probably picked up a copy of our information booklet. We created this as a guidebook for new riders so that everything they would need to know about cycling in Calgary is available to them in one tangible resource. Let’s explore…
Youth en Route was in Templemont this week to put on a bike festival! We worked with the social workers that support the residents of the Calgary Housing community to make it happen. YER empowers youth to be autonomous, healthy, and socially connected by giving them the ability to choose active transportation. That’s why we…
We see it time and again. Keen cyclist / high school student rides bike to school on a cold winter day. It’s the only bike in the schools rack – and it’s easy pickings for thieves because only the front tire is locked to rack. All a bad guy has to do is loosen the…
On Thursday, the infrastructure committee of Calgary City Council considered an administration request to expand the Safe and Active Routes to School program. Youth en Route’s founder Laura Shutiak attended to present in support of the program. Her short presentation shared some of the data we’ve collected from Calgary High Schools about bike ownership and…
