Bay Area Bike to Work Day

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Bay Area Bike to Work Day
ActivityBicycle commuting
Websitebayareabiketowork.com

Bay Area Bike to Work Day is an annual

Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Napa County Bicycle Coalition, and Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition.[2] 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.[3]

In 2018, nearly 100,000 people participated.[4] In 2019, the event was held on May 9.

Activities

London Breed at San Francisco City Hall on Bike-to-Work Day in 2018

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.

bicycle safety.[7][8]

See also

References

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