The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has created nationally-recognized and awarded curricula and educational resources. We also use these materials in our youth programs in the Portland metro area and around Oregon.
Some of those resources are available at no cost to you -- all we ask is that you provide acknowledgement of the original source. Download a complete materials price list.
To place an order for our materials, please contact Resource Coordinator, Tom Rousculp at tom@bta4bikes.org or (503) 226-0676 x20.
Youth Education Resources
Safe Routes for Kids: Bicycle Safety Program Curriculum
This national award-winning education program is a comprehensive two-part program that teaches bicycle safety education and transportation alternatives and solutions. The Bicycle Safety Program curriculum teaches traffic savvy through classroom activities and on-the-bike skills practice. The goals of the extensive road, and specifically on-the-bicycle, education offered by this program are to increase bike ridership and safety among youth so that they travel predictably and safely.
Safe Biking: Quick Tips
A color-printed brochure that illustrates the basics of on-street riding. Appropriate for kids aged 10 to adult. Also available in Spanish.
Safe Biking: Handbook
A color-printed booklet that illustrates the basics of on-street riding with a bit more information than our brochure version.
FIRST GEAR: An Introduction to Bike Safety
FIRST GEAR is an informative, imaginative and humorous video which effectively demonstrates safe and predictable riding skills. FIRST GEAR is appropriate for ages 8 up. This video demonstrates: introduction to bike components, fixing a flat, proper bike locking, safe riding apparel, helmet fit and traffic safety laws, road positioning, hand signals, intersection navigation, right-of-way and predictable riding. Available in VHS or DVD formats.
Playbook: Walk + Bike To School Day
A resource for adults or young adults to learn how to organize a Walk + Bike to School Day event at your local school. Spiral-bound, color-print versions available on request.
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Walk + Bike ‘School Bus’ Guidebook
A guide to walking and biking to school with your friends and neighbors. Spiral-bound, color-print versions available on request.
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Pedal Power Squad Curriculum
This after-school bicycle safety club program emphasizes safe on-street riding by taking kids on fun bike rides in their neighborhood.
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Pedestrian Safety Education Curriculum
Appropriate for 2nd and 3rd graders, our Pedestrian Safety curriculum teaches kids how to be more aware when they are crossing the street. The curriculum is usually taught in two 45-minute lessons separated by a week. The first lesson is run in the classroom or on school grounds; the second lesson takes students on a walk-about on the streets near their school.
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Adult Education Resources
We also created a set of public service announcements about bicycle safety and bike riding, our "Decide to Ride" series.
In 2003, the BTA worked with our partners on a public awareness campaign called "Citizens of the Road" which emphasized the messages of sharing roads safely.
