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I'm seeing lots of amazing bike bus stories going around on Bluesky, and it got me thinking - could I be a part of a bike bus when my son is ready for elementary school? I live just west of Gallatin Pike up behind El Fuego. That puts our family in the Hattie Cotton Zone for elementary school...

Chris Bowe

@cbowe34.bsky.social

I plotted a course on Google Maps between my house and Hattie Cotton Elementary. Google suggested that I ride directly down Gallatin Pike for a majority of the route. Bike heads know this is a no-go, so I opted for a customized route on slightly more comfortable roads...

4/9/26, 4:32 pm0 reposts6 likes

Chris Bowe

@cbowe34.bsky.social

4 Sept

The "safer" route using Riverside and Greenwood actually runs through THREE OTHER elementary school districts! Dan Mills then Inglewood then Rosebank, and finally back across Gallatin into my zone! I would also consider Chadwell, to the north of my house, to be more bike accessible...

Kyle Reinford

@kyledeanreinford.bsky.social

4 Sept

this is more or less what i would do to get to daycare with milo.

Chris Bowe

@cbowe34.bsky.social

4 Sept

So my zoned elementary school is firmly the fifth most easily bikeable elementary school from my house, and yet - that is where my son would go to school. In fact, my zoned school is in a different Council District than my house! Needless to say, I won't be organizing a bike bus any time soon 😞