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|location          = [[San Francisco Bay Area]]
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|years_active      = {{age|1994|05|16}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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|participants      = [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]], [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]], [[Marin County, California|Marin County]], [[Napa County, California|Napa County]], [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]], [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]], [[Solano County, California|Solano County]], [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]]
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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]] encouraging and promoting [[bicycle commuting]]. The event is an initiative of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area)|Metropolitan Transportation Commission]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2018, nearly 100,000 people participated.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2019, the event was held on May 9.
== Activities ==
[[File:BTWD_2018_London_Breed.jpg|thumb|left|[[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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The Mayor of San Francisco and members of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] regularly participate, commuting by bicycle to [[San Francisco City Hall|City Hall]] for a rally.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Streetsblog2018>{{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}}</ref> The day celebrates [[Cycling infrastructure|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 [[bike safety|bicycle safety]].<ref name=Streetsblog2018/><ref>{{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
|publisher=SFMTA|accessdate=31 Mar 2019}}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|Transport}}
*[[Bike-to-Work Day]]
*[[Bike safety]]
*[[Cycling infrastructure]]
*[[Walk to Work Day]]
== References ==
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{{Cycling |state=expanded}}
[[Category:May observances]]
[[Category:Cycling events in the United States]]
[[Category:Cycling in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1994]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Annual events in California]]