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Your photos: How Minnesotans celebrated National Bike and Roll to School Day

students and teachers stand with bikes
A group of Capitol Hill Magnet School teachers and students formed a bike bus for the first time on Wednesday. They now plan to cycle together weekly.
Courtesy of Lisa Schibel

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Updated: May 9, 12 p.m. | Posted: May 8, 7:55 a.m.

Thousands of young Minnesota cyclists were out on roads, sidewalks and bike paths Wednesday morning for National Bike and Roll to School Day.

More than 150 schools statewide participated in the event aimed at promoting safe walking and biking, reducing traffic crashes that harm pedestrians and connecting families. MnDOT and Minnesota Safe Routes to School encouraged families to bike or walk from home or hitch a ride in a “walking school bus” along the way.

“We know students do better in school when they add physical activities to their day,” Kelly Corbin, MnDOT Safe Routes to School coordinator, said in a statement. “This event promotes safety skills that students can use throughout their lives.”

Minneapolis Public Schools hosted a free, slow-paced community ride Wednesday afternoon to continue the celebration. From 2-4 p.m., the pedalers followed a 5.5-mile path starting at the MPD Culinary Center and looping through Wirth Park, ending with a shared meal.

The morning and afternoon rides both “celebrate bicycle efforts in our school district, the beauty of Minneapolis and the joy in our connections to each other,” MPS Active Living Coordinator Jennifer Bordon said. “They embody some ideas we think are pretty important for our students: healthy eating, regular physical activity and real community connections.”

Here’s how our readers celebrated Bike and Roll to School Day:

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Phoebe Phelps, Kennedy Phelps, Eva Wiskow, Cecilia Sense, Cash Slavin, Landon Sense, Erika Engstrand, Adley Kurth and Abigail Rainey during Walk & Bike to School Day at Northern Hills Subdivision in St. Charles on Wednesday.
Courtesy of Justine Reinhardt
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a man and a group of kids ride bikes
Al Lund, a 6th grade teacher and Barnum Elementary School students rode their bikes to school on Wednesday. He says the photo was taken on the Munger Trail, about halfway between TJ's Country Corner store in Mahtowa and Barnum Elementary School. "The group is composed of mostly 6th graders, one 7th grader and a Junior ... Every year, I have a few kids join this ride to school event who have ridden as a 6th grader in the past," he said.
Courtesy of Al Lund
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students and teachers stand with bikes
A group of Capitol Hill Magnet School teachers and students formed a bike bus for the first time on Wednesday. They now plan to cycle together weekly.
Courtesy of Lisa Schibel