Pumping the Brakes: Calle 24 Tells Ford Bike-Share Program to Stay in Its Lane

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A Ford GoBike station in the Mission at 17th and Harrison streets. Calle 24 has blocked the Ford Motor Company-funded bike-share system from installing stations along 24th Street, citing concerns over company’s bike tracking systems. Photo by Alexis Terrazas/El Tecolote

By Gabriela Alemán, El Tecolote

The Calle 24 Latino Cultural District Council recently rejected plans to build “bike share” stations sponsored by Ford Motor Company along 24h Street. El Tecolote asked Calle 24 President and Cofounder Erick Arguello to explain the decision, one that has provoked backlash from some San Francisco residents.

“We are doing what we were elected to do,” Arguello said. “When we formed the council, we met with focus groups and what was repeatedly emphasized was: ‘We don’t want the Mission to turn into Valencia street.’ They were adamant about that. We saw affordability was the biggest issue, fear of displacement, fear of the Latino culture disappearing, we took that and we’re going through our community process and we want that respected.”

Read the complete story at El Tecolote.

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