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Kids in Sioux Falls will ride the Sioux Area Metro (SAM)for free this summer.  The decision was unanimously passed by city council yesterday afternoon during a special meeting on Tuesday May 26, 2015.

Many people spoke of kids needing transportation to get to feeding programs at schools, Embee and the Bowden center.  Cathy Brechtelsbauer highlighted a larger picture than just getting kids around the city for the summer.  She sites the children adding public transportation as a mind set, a benefit that can last for life.

Free transit for those under 18 on SAM is scheduled to begin on June 19, 2015  through September 8, 2015.  Summer Youth passes already purchased can be refunded.

 

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