by Alison Cohen
I’m excited to introduce the new BOOST blog to Bike Transit. It is geared to be a place where voices that have not normally been elevated have an opportunity to speak, and educate others in Bike Transit with their experience.
And, although as the CEO, my voice is naturally elevated, I wanted to take the opportunity to briefly write about my lived experience, and then I’ll vanish into the background, excited to listen and learn about others.
First grade was when I punched a girl in the stomach and knocked the wind out of her because she said I looked like a boy. The mom of my best friend in elementary school used to say: there are the girls, the boys, and Ali. I was always the most at home playing sports with the boys.