Boise Bicycle Project

The Boise Bicycle Project is gearing up for its biggest holiday giveaway yet, over 600 kid-dreamed bikes, and they're calling on the community to help turn those dreams into a reality.

Last week the Idaho Transportation Department announced that almost one person per day was killed in a traffic crash this summer. The Boise Bicycle Project wants to help bring those numbers down, which is why they are hosting a special event this weekend.

Idaho has the highest rate of incarcerated women in the U.S. And while there are many pathways to prison, getting out and staying out can be much harder. Which is why community programs like the one offered by the Boise Bicycle Project are so important.

For the 18th year, Boise Bicycle Project's Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway will provide hundreds of Idaho kids with a bike.

In anticipation of the holiday season, the Boise Bicycle Project is gearing up for one of their biggest events of the year.

"The concept is really, really simple: you open streets to people and you close them to cars, and the magic happens," says one of the key figures behind the Open Streets movement.

This weekend, in one part of Boise, the only traffic you’ll need to plan for is foot traffic.

Each holiday season, kids from all over the Treasure Valley draw pictures of what their dream bike would look like, sending their creations to the Boise Bicycle Project. Over the course of several months, volunteers from BBP work hard to make these dream bikes a reality.

Each holiday season, the Boise Bicycle Project provides hundreds of bikes to kids in need as part of their Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway. Volunteers work for months refurbishing bikes in anticipation of the event and this year is no different.

After 16 years of helping connect kids with bikes Jimmy Hallyburton is retiring from the role of director with the Boise Bicycle Project.