Bike share is thriving in Bedford Stuyvesant thanks to the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration), the country’s first community development corporation. Restoration partnered with Citi Bike to reduce barriers to accessibility and promote bike share as a way of improving health and employment outcomes in the community. “We’re eager to bring the benefits of low-cost transportation that are tied directly to our goals related to employment,” said Colvin Grannum, Restoration’s president and CEO. “Because many job seekers here can’t afford to get to their interviews.”

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