Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike to Work Day

SFMTA Says It’s Just Getting Started on Protected Bike Lanes

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2015 | 35 Comments

City officials gathered for another Bike to Work Day rally at City Hall today to cheer for bicycling, celebrating a 206 percent jump in ridership since 2006, according to a new annual bike count released by the SFMTA today. There was the usual citation of bike traffic on eastbound Market Street at Van Ness Avenue: 76 percent […]

Bike to Work Day at City Hall: Who Really Gets the Need for Safer Streets?

By Aaron Bialick | May 8, 2014 | 12 Comments

Another year, another Bike to Work Day press conference at City Hall. As city officials ride to the podium, the event serves as a bellwether of the city’s political commitment to making city streets safe enough for everyone to bicycle, regardless of age or experience. The mayor, most of the supervisors, and the heads of […]

Polk Street Contra-Flow Bike Lane Opens to the Public

By Stan Parkford | May 2, 2014 | 65 Comments

City planners, politicians, and bicycle advocates gathered this morning for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the contra-flow bike lane on Polk Street, a two-block protected cycle track from Market to Grove Streets. Just in time for next week’s Bike to Work Day, the opening ceremony came after a decade of delays and a great deal of pressure […]

Silicon Valley’s First “Bike to Shop Day” Set for May 17

By Andrew Boone | Apr 24, 2014 | No Comments

Planning to build on the wave of enthusiasm for bike commuting generated each May by Bike to Work Day, transportation and health advocates in Silicon Valley are promoting a spin-off called Bike to Shop Day on Saturday, May 17, to encourage people to shop by bike at local businesses. Retail businesses offering discounts to bicycling customers are shown on […]

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Watch: Time Lapse of Market Street Bike Traffic on Bike to Work Day

By Aaron Bialick | May 14, 2013 | 7 Comments

The SF Bicycle Coalition has released an awesome time lapse video of over 1,000 people on bikes rolling by the Market Street bicycle counter on the morning of Bike to Work Day. The SFBC’s volunteer photographer Volker Neumann took photos every five seconds with a camera mounted to a nearby telephone pole. Photos and statistics […]

As Bike to Work Day Booms, Some San Mateo County Cities Lead the Way

By Andrew Boone | May 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

Among the record-breaking 9,000 bike commuters celebrating Bike to Work Day in San Mateo County on Thursday, County Supervisor Dave Pine led a convoy from downtown Redwood City to the Oracle energizer station, crossing Highway 101 using the Ralston Avenue bike-pedestrian bridge in Belmont. “We really have to look at bicycling as a viable and […]

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