Kiel Johnson
New ZealandactivistMale5.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Kiel Johnson is a bike advocate from Portland, Oregon, known for initiating the 'bike train' movement in 2010, which encouraged groups of children to cycle together to school. He successfully organized these bike trains at multiple schools, leveraging community engagement and local grants to expand the initiative. Despite the challenges of limited social media influence at the time, Johnson's grassroots efforts inspired a sense of camaraderie among young riders and laid the groundwork for future cycling movements, including the more recent 'bike bus' phenomenon led by Sam Balto.
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Kiel Johnson started a 'bike train' to the local school in Portland, Oregon.
How big cities are reclaiming streets for kidsNew Zealand· 2026-07-29
Kiel Johnson began organizing bike trains at an elementary school in Portland, which laid the groundwork for the bike bus movement.
Cycling to school almost became extinct - until one man revived the bike bus | Cycling
United Kingdom· 2025-02-20
