Bay Area Bike to Work Day
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| location = San Francisco Bay Area
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| years_active = {{age|1994|05|16}}{{cite web |title=Celebrating 30 years of Bike to Work and Wherever Day |url=https://bartable.bart.gov/featured/celebrating-30-years-bike-work-and-wherever-day |publisher=BARTable |access-date=13 May 2024}}
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| participants = Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, Sonoma County
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| activity = Bicycle commuting
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| website = [https://bayareabiketowork.com/ bayareabiketowork.com]
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Bay Area Bike to Work Day is an annual Bike-to-Work Day event held in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States, encouraging and promoting bicycle commuting. The event is an initiative of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,{{cite web|title=MTC Bike to Work Day Project Page|url=https://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/bicycle-pedestrian-planning/bike-work-day|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Commission|accessdate=30 Mar 2019}} 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.{{cite web|title=Bay Area Bike to Work Day Toolkit|url=https://bayareabiketowork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-BTWD-ToolkitFINAL.pdf|publisher=Bay Area Bike to Work Day|accessdate=30 Mar 2019}} 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.{{cite web|title=Bike to Work Day is back!|date=22 Apr 2022|url=https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/transportation/bicycle-pedestrian-micromobility/bike-work-day}}
In 2018, nearly 100,000 people participated.{{cite web|title=Nearly 100,000 Ride in Bay Area Bike to Work Day 2018|date=14 May 2018|url=https://mtc.ca.gov/whats-happening/news/nearly-100000-ride-bay-area-bike-work-day-2018|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Commission|accessdate=30 Mar 2019}} In 2019, the event was held on May 9.
Activities
File:BTWD_2018_London_Breed.jpg 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.{{cite web|title=San Francisco Bike to Work Day|url=https://sfbike.org/bike-to-work-day/|publisher=San Francisco Bicycle Coalition|accessdate=30 Mar 2019}} 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.{{cite web|title=Thousands wheel in on Bike to Work Day, grabbing free bananas, other goodies|date=10 May 2018
|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Thousands-wheel-in-on-Bike-to-Work-Day-grabbing-12904542.php
|publisher=SF Gate|accessdate=31 Mar 2019}}{{cite web|title=San Francisco Celebrates a Very Political Bike to Work Day 2018|date=10 May 2018
|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2018/05/10/san-francisco-celebrates-a-very-political-bike-to-work-day-2018/
|publisher=Streetsblog SF|accessdate=30 Mar 2019}} 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.{{cite web|title=Celebrating San Francisco's 24th Bike to Work Day|date=10 May 2018
|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/celebrating-san-franciscos-24th-bike-work-day
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See also
{{Portal|Transport}}