How did you get to school in the morning? Did your mom take you? Did you take the bus? Or did you ride a bike? Being the crazy bicycle fanatics that they are, it comes as no surprise that the Dutch have created the world’s first pedal-powered schoolbus, capable of taking 12 kids to school, solely on their own steam.

Built by Tolkamp Metaalspecials, and sold by the De Cafe Racer company, the bicycle school bus (BCO in Dutch) is powered entirely by children and the one adult driver (although there is an electric motor for tough hills). Its design is brilliantly simple – it has eight sets of pedals for the kids (ages 4 to 12), a driver seat for the adult, and three bench seats for freeloaders.

The top speed is about 10 miles per hour, and there is even a sound system so you can listen to music on the way to school. Raining? No problem! There’s a canvas awning to take care of that. Very cool.

[Source: FastCompany]