continue to reach more areas of the Lisbon metropolitan area around thirty children now cycle to school every Tuesday have arrived in the municipality of Palmela they cycled more than 35 children - a record number of participants in this project which was born in Lisbon and has been extended to other cities While in Lisbon the "trains" are already a municipal program, part of the city council's strategy for school mobility, in other municipalities they are still in the pilot phase. The idea is to experiment, adjust and eventually integrate the initiative into the municipality's regular activities. That's what happened at Costa da Caparica, in AlmadaIn the end where everything seems to indicate that the project is set to continue have been launched at EB António Matos Fortuna Accompanied by adult monitors ("train drivers") the children made their way along roads in the interior of the neighborhoods and also along some more rural dirt tracks The train's "line" is six kilometers long and has several intermediate stops where the different participants get on and join the group Some fathers and mothers also wanted to take part in the activity and made the journey together with their little ones The CicloExpresso will be running at EB António Matos Fortuna until the end of this school year at least every Tuesday and with this route and the arrival at the school was at 8.45 am Bicicultura guaranteed the training of the six current local train drivers A former pupil at EB António Matos Fortuna he decided to join the project because of the "willingness to collaborate and be closer to the children and the village" "I took advantage of these days to combine it with teleworking so that I could reconcile the two activities"he says describing the trains as "A very comforting experience I already have a smile on my face for having accompanied the children in the morning" Rodrigo was accompanied by more experienced "drivers" from Bicicultura the local monitors will be able to continue the project independently The first official outing of the CicloExpresso in Quinta do Anjo was attended by children with more experience of cycling and others with less The role of the "drivers" is also to provide the necessary support to all participants who need it the mother of a 9-year-old 4th grader who is also a driver says that they were enthusiastic about the CicloExpresso from the very first moment and that she even went to her son's school "We used to cycle and thought it would be interesting to join the group so we could build a better future"he explains confessing that the experience is being "very good and rewarding" "Instead of all of us standing in a traffic queue and having all that morning stress things go much more smoothly and they're much happier"mentions explains that he had already been working with the municipality on ideas to promote cycling to school and that the CicloExpresso project ended up "falling from the sky" which was developing these bicycle trains for the school I went to see them and I was delighted"he says "We believe that when children cycle to school they will bring someone with them The Councillor for the Environment and Mobility also speaks of a "perfect marriage" between entities is to promote soft mobility and thus contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions" "This school has been a good example in encouraging soft mobility"He praised the bicycle trains as a way of providing children with "come safely and in a fun way to school" and "it's good for the environment and strengthens bonds of closeness and friendship" "Let's put individual transportation aside"Fernanda challenged The current route and stops can be adjusted according to new registrations, which can be made by here. 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