Bay Area Bike to Work Day

Bay Area Bike to Work Day
Bay Area Bike to Work Day
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	San Francisco Bay Area
Years active	30
Inaugurated	May 16, 1994
Previous event	May 18, 2023
Next event	May 16, 2024
Participants	Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, Sonoma County
Activity	Bicycle commuting
Website	bayareabiketowork.com

Bay Area Bike to Work Day is an annual Bike-to-Work Day event held in the San Francisco Bay Area encouraging and promoting bicycle commuting. The event is an initiative of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,^[2] and supported by local partners including the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Bike East Bay, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Napa County Bicycle Coalition, and Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition.^[3] Up through 2019, the Bay Area celebration was a week earlier than the national US Bike to Work Day. After limited events in 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the date for 2022 onward was changed to the third Friday of May, to match the nation-wide practice.^[4]

In 2018, nearly 100,000 people participated.^[5] In 2019, the event was held on May 9.

Activities

A wide variety of bicycle-related events are organized throughout the Bay Area including "Neighborhood Rides" and "Energizer Stations" providing free food and coffee to bicycle commuters.^[6] The Mayor of San Francisco and members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors regularly participate, commuting by bicycle to City Hall for a rally.^[7]^[8] The day celebrates bicycle infrastructure improvements across the region, such as the installation of new protected bicycle lanes, and is an important advocacy day for future street redesigns which aim to increase bicycle safety.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Celebrating 30 years of Bike to Work and Wherever Day". BARTable. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ "MTC Bike to Work Day Project Page". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.
^ "Bay Area Bike to Work Day Toolkit" (PDF). Bay Area Bike to Work Day. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.
^ "Bike to Work Day is back!". 22 Apr 2022.
^ "Nearly 100,000 Ride in Bay Area Bike to Work Day 2018". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.
^ "San Francisco Bike to Work Day". San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.
^ "Thousands wheel in on Bike to Work Day, grabbing free bananas, other goodies". SF Gate. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 Mar 2019.
^ ^a ^b "San Francisco Celebrates a Very Political Bike to Work Day 2018". Streetsblog SF. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.
^ "Celebrating San Francisco's 24th Bike to Work Day". SFMTA. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 Mar 2019.

[1] "Celebrating 30 years of Bike to Work and Wherever Day". BARTable. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[2] "MTC Bike to Work Day Project Page". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.

[3] "Bay Area Bike to Work Day Toolkit" (PDF). Bay Area Bike to Work Day. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.

[4] "Bike to Work Day is back!". 22 Apr 2022.

[5] "Nearly 100,000 Ride in Bay Area Bike to Work Day 2018". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.

[6] "San Francisco Bike to Work Day". San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.

[7] "Thousands wheel in on Bike to Work Day, grabbing free bananas, other goodies". SF Gate. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 Mar 2019.

[Streetsblog2018-8] "San Francisco Celebrates a Very Political Bike to Work Day 2018". Streetsblog SF. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 30 Mar 2019.

[9] "Celebrating San Francisco's 24th Bike to Work Day". SFMTA. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 31 Mar 2019.

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