Siauliai
Siauliai in Lithuania established a cycling school in a park and bought bicycles. There, the school children without bicycles of their own had the possibility to practise cycling in their leisure time or in summer camps. Competitions and races for children of differentage groups were arranged to encourage pupils to cycle.
Surveys in Siauliai showed that people think cycling is neither “cool” nor popular as a means of transport. Therefore, the city decided to intensify promotion and organized a competition about cycling for seven primary schools, in which pupils produced 230 drawings and approximately 50 writings about “Me and my joyful bicycle”. Children wrote different kinds of stories about how cycling is good for nature, for their health and what a great time they can have on their bicycle. The best drawing and writing from each school was put on posters with rules of safe behaviour on the street. All schools got these roll-ups and an exhibition was organized in Siauliai city’s bike museum.
