Join the party this week on Bike to Wherever Day!
Grab your helmet and pump up those tires, Bike to Wherever Day rolls into town on Thursday!
Swap the car keys for two wheels on May 15 as you head to work, school or your favorite restaurants and shops. Maybe you’ll try biking for just this one day, or maybe it will become your way of life. We’re proud to sponsor this joyful event in San Francisco. It has been organized across the Bay Area by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Bike to wherever this week and all month long
Bike to Wherever Day began as Bike to Work Day in 1994 and became Bike to Wherever Day during the pandemic. There are lots of ways to get involved this year with multiple events hosted by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
- Take the pledge to ride on Bike to Wherever Day.
- Join a rally on the steps of City Hall at 12:30 on Thursday afternoon. We’ll also be there!
- Take the Bike to Wherever Day Happy Hour group ride from the Ferry Building to Bernal Heights.
May is Bike Month, giving us more than just one day to celebrate the benefits of biking. You can join the Bay Area Bike Challenge and log your rides throughout the month.
People often ride bikes to the city’s small businesses, such as Arsicault Bakery in the Richmond neighborhood.
Embracing the joy of biking
Some people love to bike, like Lisa Charlebois, whom we met one recent morning at Brecks, a café in the Inner Richmond. If Charlebois can’t pedal somewhere, she’ll hop on Muni to get there. She hopes Bike to Wherever Day can inspire more people to try biking.
“For me, it’s a part of my everyday life, but it would be great if people could see that biking can be a very viable and realistic way of getting yourself to wherever you need to go” Charlebois said. “It doesn’t have to just be recreation. It can very well be your everyday mode of transportation.”
Charlebois noted that biking also can bring people together. She’s part of a group that takes a relaxed ride around the city every Wednesday and ends up at a coffee house.
“It’s not about speed” she said. “It’s more about being social and sitting down and connecting with your friends.”
The Embarcadero Bikeway is an example of how we can improve safety by separating people on bikes from vehicle traffic.
Riding with confidence
We are committed to supporting biking in San Francisco. And planning your route also is easier than ever.
- Our Slow Streets Program includes more than 18 residential corridors that offer safe alternatives to driving by encouraging biking, walking and rolling.
- Our Bike Network maps can help you find the bikeways, Slow Streets and other paths you’re most interested in.
Our work to make our streets safer also is paying off. The number of people biking has increased by a third, on average, along corridors where we have made safety improvements through our Quick Build Program and capital projects.
You can learn more about biking in the city at our Bicycling webpage (SFMTA.com/Bike) and our Biking and Rolling Plan project webpage (SFMTA.com/ActiveCommunities). Let’s roll, San Francisco!
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