1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAnna Faheyhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-fahey/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mQzmaSZs0S"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/10/31/bikes-take-kids-places/">Bikes Take Kids Places</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/10/31/bikes-take-kids-places/embed/#?secret=mQzmaSZs0S" width="600" height="338" title="“Bikes Take Kids Places” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="mQzmaSZs0S" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ed-Ewing-2012.jpg254216Ed Ewing's love of cycling started young---on family bike trips and riding to work with his father back in Minnesota. His first bike race was in 1984. He's been cycling (racing, coaching, and doing outreach) pretty much ever since. Ewing now directs the Major Taylor Project at Cascade Bicycle Club, a program (which he developed, recruited by Ron Sims and Chuck Ayers) to introduce bikes and cycling to under-served youth in low-income and disadvantaged neighborhoods in and around Seattle. "Bike Clubs" are set up in partnership with schools and other local organizations working with kids. The participants learn about road safety, traffic laws, transportation infrastructure, nutrition, map-reading, and the impact of cycling in their communities. They also ride bikes together, exploring their own communities on weekly rides and taking on big challenges like the 206-mile Seattle to Portland Classic (STP). The project is named after Marshall "Major" Taylor who not only broke race barriers in the sport of cycling, but was the first African-American athlete to achieve the level of world champion. Ed was kind enough to answer some questions about his work.