Communities in Motion, an Ecology North group, has put the wheels in motion for Yellowknife's youth to bike to school this coming Friday.
Called their "Bike Buses" event, it's organized in different neighbourhoods around the city for people to meet at designated locations and ride together to school.
The people in question are ideally going to be children in elementary school, explained Craig Scott, who's helping organize Friday's event.
"A lot of older kids already bike themselves, but we're focusing on younger kids who are getting rides to school, or are taking the bus, and giving them a chance to feel safe biking to school," he said.
Bikers sign up by filling a form, indicating what school they're heading to and their neighbourhood. Communities in Motion then sends out instructions on their Bike Buses for that morning and their expected route, according to their Facebook page. It essentially works like a bus stop for bikes.
Scott explained that a child, one that's still in elementary school in particular, would have their own bike, then join a larger flock on their way to school.
"It'll be kind of organized, but you can wait at your driveway at 7:30 a.m. and the bike group will come along and pick you up as you go," he said. "And it will drop the kids off at their school as they go and hopefully some parents will come out as well."
Scott added that Friday's event is also meant to help teach kids proper bike etiquette and how to ride the roads safely with coordinators for the event wearing high-visibility vests.
"They'll be seen. And the idea is having a bigger group of kids, they're more visible and they will be safer," he said.