New Ordinance Allows Low-Income Kids in San Francisco to Get Bikes

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Many kids dream of owning a bike but not all kids can afford one. Now, thanks to the work of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and groups like POWER, PODER, the Black Coalition on AIDS, City of Dreams, and Arriba Juntos, an ordinance that makes bike access available to everyone, was signed on March 14, 2014.

According to a Voices for Health Kids press release, the ordinance, which requires the city’s police department to make city-recovered bikes available to low-income communities, will take full effect on April 14th.

In 2013, community organizations partnered to bring over 800 bikes to low-income kids throughout the city of San Francisco. They also sponsored bike builds to train youth on bike safety and maintenance.

Because low-income kids usually lack safe places to play and face multiple barriers which can keep them from staying active, they often experience higher obesity rates. Now, with support from the city and continued collaboration,  groups like POWER hope to see more investments in bike safety and improvements to the built environment occur.

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