Welcome to Montclair Bike Bus!
Ready to ride?Here's how it works:
- Find your school’s route and schedule below (or in the nav bar.)
- Meet up with the bike bus along the route every Friday morning. Please accompany your child or designate a chaperone.
- Request to join the Bike Bus WhatsApp community to connect and plan rides.
Find your route
Select a school below to view the routes and schedule on Google Maps.
Don't see your school? The best way to connect, plan and create new routes is to join our WhatsApp group. You bring the energy, we'll help with the infrastructure.
About Us
Who We Are
We’re Montclair parents and community supporters who want to make it joyful, fun, and safe to bike to school together. With creativity and courage, we’re determined to make our roads accessible to active transportation. Our hope is that the bike bus route is utilized not just during school hours but offers popular routes for all to enjoy. As a community-driven effort, we're always looking for volunteers to help on rides, lead events, and get out the word.
What We Do
- Build community support in town and schools
- Create rider tools, time tables, and routes
- Host events and gatherings
- Advise on transportation infrastructure redesign
What's a Bike Bus?
A bike bus is an adult-led scheduled bike ride that follows a specific route and timetable. There are bike buses all over the world. By riding with the Montclair Bike Bus you’re part of a global movement!
Want to learn more?
The Montclair Bike Bus is on a mission to make biking together to school joyful, fun, and safe. Download the PDF file to learn more about us, bike safety myths and facts, and read our Bike Bus Pledge, or email if you have additional questions.
Bike Bus Info (PDF) | Email Us
In The News
Kids and Parents Create Bike Bus Route
This downloadable PDF is a Bike Bus focused edition of the symbol‑supported newspaper, News2you. This organization was created more than 25 years ago, when speech-language pathologist Jacquie Clark discovered that students with autism and other unique learning needs lacked accessible materials connecting them to current events.
Montclair’s ‘bike bus’ grew from 5 families to 400 weekly riders going to school
A grassroots “bike bus” movement in Montclair, New Jersey, has transformed the Friday morning school commute for hundreds of families, while inspiring similar initiatives worldwide.
Mixing fitness and fun into the ride to school, kids and parents in this group pedal as a ‘bike bus’
Every Friday, hundreds of kids in Montclair, New Jersey, join a “bike bus” to school. What started 3 years ago with a few families has grown to over 400 riders. The movement is growing worldwide as families seek joyful alternatives to the school car line.
