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Teen Education

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If you’re interested in our programming, reach out to the contact below:

Programs we offer

These are what we’ve offered in the past, we are very interested in adapting our programming to support teens with their transportation.

Bicycle Driver’s Ed

We help teach students to bike and to bike safely on streets with car traffic. This can be from one day to one week long.

Bike Clubs

We help schools and rec departments start bike clubs, both clubs that are focused on going on bike rides and teaching bike repair skills.Check out this video about the bike club at Madison’s East High School.

Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety in Driver’s Ed classes

We can be guest speakers in Driver’s Ed classes to add an emphasis on how to be safe around pedestrians and bicyclists.

Job Transportation Workshop

If you are offering an internship or job for teens, it is often their first job, and being punctual and reliable is an important skill to learn. We can help those interns figure out how they are going to get to their job.

Other classes

Biking can be incorporated into many classes! This boosts engagement and offers unique cross-curricular opportunities.

For example:

  • Persuasive writing to the city on street design for pedestrian safety
  • Analyzing car speed data in Math and Science classes
  • Mapping geographic data about bike paths in Math and Social Studies classes
  • Surveying peers about transportation decisions for Social Studies and English classes
  • Learning about a current street design issue and crafting comments to the city for Social Studies and Government classes
  • Comparing infrastructure design choices in regard to water runoff for Environmental Science classes
  • etc…

Bike Camps

Teen Art Bike Camp – Students who participate in this camp will ride more than 85 total miles to various art themed destinations. They will paint in the park, go on a mural tour, learn how to spray paint, and create their own screen prints.

Sign up: Teen Bike Art Camp: Aug 11-15, 2025: Grades 8-11

Teen Internships

In Milwaukee, we offer a summer internship opportunity for teens who want to experience the broad scope of careers in the world of cycling and public transportation. In addition to learning the basics of Smart Cycling, our interns work alongside our Safe Routes Instructors, teaching our 3rd-8th grade Summer Camp participants. The internship concludes with a capstone trip to Chicago to experience every available mode of non-car transportation available, including Amtrak, Water Taxi, and Divvy Bikes!

We’ll post a link to the application for 2025 here when it is available. 

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