Families, Fun and Bikes in the Sunset

Thanks to Assemblymember Phil Ting, we celebrated yet another successful Youth and Family Bike Fair with well over a hundred families. Our host on this Saturday afternoon was Francis Scott Key Elementary in the Outer Sunset, which also serves as a school partner for the Shared Schoolyard Project.

Every year, Assemblymember Ting brings together families across the city for a weekend event all around biking. This year, YBike brought their bike rodeo to teach kids everything from learning to bike to following the rules of the road. The event also featured plenty of giveaways, from bike helmets to free tune-ups courtesy of local bike shop Swell Bicycles.

As a public school that has programs for students with special needs, Francis Scott Key Elementary also provided adaptive bicycles for youth with disabilities. Principal Ying Mimi Kasner talked about the importance of an inclusive community, and for this event in particular, that meant opening up opportunities so that more youth can enjoy the fun and freedom of biking.

Adaptive bicycles for youth with disabilities were available so that the event was more inclusive.

Assemblymember Ting and Principal Kasner make brief remarks.

Sen. Mark Leno joins our Safe Routes to School team, Nancy and Janelle, to learn more about our family biking program.

Special thanks goes to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Spare the Air Youth program for funding our youth and family biking work so that we can be present at events such as this to talk to parents, host learn-to-ride lessons, and offer free test rides on a family bike.

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