Something that frustrates me - the cargo bike just brought it to mind - is that even something dumb like the local elementary school can't seem to be bike friendly. The "hug and go" lane is probably half the kids if I had to guess and the other half is on foot. If someone brought their kids on a long tail - there's usually two or three - they can filter up through the drop zone. Bikes for the kids are not discouraged per se but well-meaning rules make them a pain. They have to walk their bikes about a block starting from the outer end of the crosswalk. The school fenced the campus three or four years ago due to hobos coming through at all hours, and now the riders have to come in a different gate by the office, and the racks are nowhere near any open gate. On the whole to me it seems they have added enough problems at the destination it becomes more of a load on the kids, both with added steps, and socially singled-out, than just walking. There are maybe less than two dozen on a given day riding bikes, out of probably something like five hundred kids. In one of the most bike-able places in the country. I know the share of bikes is a lot bigger at the middle school but it's nearly three miles and I don't really think my kids are going to hack it every day if there's a bus available