Our Story Begins Here
❊ About Us
Building Community.
One Ride at a Time.
Hi, I’m Kellen, and I started Bike Bus Edmonton because I believe in the power of community—and the bicycle—as tools for change.
I’ve been riding a bike year-round for transportation since 1999, back when it was far from normal in Edmonton. Over the years, cycling has been my way to stay well, stay grounded, and stay connected—even during life’s busiest seasons. I want to share the joy I’ve experienced with active transportation.
Now, as a dad to a newly school-aged kid, I’m more excited than ever to help spread that joy to the next generation.
In 2022, I discovered the concept of a “bike bus”—a group of children and adults riding to school together—and I knew it was the perfect way to build something bigger than just a ride. It’s a way to build community.
Bike Bus Edmonton is a volunteer-led non-profit initiative that’s about more than getting to school. It’s about creating joyful, social, and safe spaces where kids, parents, and neighbours connect. It’s about showing children that they can move through our city with confidence and independence. It’s about giving families a reason to slow down, show up, and ride together.
This is just the beginning. We’re building a movement—one ride, one family, one neighbourhood at a time.
Come ride with us. Let’s build something better, together.
❊ Our Mission
Building Connected Active Communities
Empower children to engage in active transportation safely and confidently through community-led group rides, with a focus on equitable access for children of all backgrounds and abilities.
Promote lifelong habits of active transportation that support physical health, mental well-being, and environmental sustainability.
Enhance student learning, wellness, and mobility through active transportation by collaborating with schools to facilitate active transportation to school to support classroom readiness, physical health, and social connection.
Foster vibrant, connected communities through active transportation by encouraging social interaction, civic engagement, and shared responsibility among students, families, and volunteers.
Empower volunteers to lead active transportation initiatives by providing training, resources, and leadership development opportunities that build community capacity, foster safe mobility, and encourage meaningful participation, with a focus on engaging older students and emerging youth leaders.
Advocate for infrastructure, policy, and cultural changes that improve safety and accessibility for active transportation, particularly for children. Through research, evaluation, and storytelling, highlight the benefits of safe, joyful, and inclusive active transportation—even in winter cities like Edmonton—and inspire other communities to overcome their own barriers.
