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Holyoke Youth Want Bikeability HOLYOKE, MA (wfcr) - Young people in Holyoke, Massachusetts have some daunting statistics to work against. The former manufacturing city struggles with some of the state's highest rates of poverty, teen pregnancy, and high school drop-outs. Its residents also suffer high rates of obesity and diabetes. But a committed group of youth are trying to make more of their city... And their health. WFCR's Karen Brown reports on one of their efforts -- to promote bike riding throughout Holyoke. © Copyright 2012, wfcr