kid728

Volunteers from the SF Bike Coalition will be handing out bags full of neat bike stuff as well as coffee and snacks.

Below are the locations:

--Main Downtown Station-- 7:30AM to 2:00PM
Market St. at Battery

--Evening Stations --- 5PM - 7PM.

Castro: Duboce Bikeway at Market
Embarcadero: Bikestation, Embarcadero BART
Mission: Valencia at 17th Street
SOMA: Caltrain, 4th and King
SOMA: Howard at 8th Street
Upper Haight: Panhandle, Fell and Masonic
Rainbow Grocery: Division at Folsom

--Morning Stations -- 7:30AM - 9:30 AM.

Bernal / Mission: Cesar Chavez at Route 101 Bicycle Underpass
City College: Phelan Campus (8-10AM)
Civic Center: City Hall, Polk Street Steps
Downtown: Market at Battery(7:30-2PM)
Embarcadero: Bike Hut (Pier 40)
Inner Richmond: Cabrillo at Arguello
Inner Sunset: Irving at 7th Avenue
Mid-Market: Market at 12th Street
Mission: Valencia at 17th Street
Presidio: Main Post, Halleck & Lincoln (6:30-9:30AM)
SF State: 19th Avenue at Holloway (8-10AM)
SOMA: Caltrain (4th and King)
SOMA: Folsom at 7th Street
UCSF: Medical Center, Irving at 2nd Avenue
UCSF: Mission Bay, 16th at 4th Street
UCSF: Mt. Zion, Divisadero at Post
Veritable Vegetable: Cesar Chavez at 3rd Street
Western Addition: Kaiser Hospital, Geary at St. Joseph’s

https://www.sfbike.org

If you're in another bay area city:
https://www.bayareabikes.org/btwd/ind...=energizer.php

Retem

I hate to say it but there is a special day for this???
I understand this is the one wekk out of the year where everyone decides to ride there bikes to work and it is just sad because they should be doing anyway whether or not its a special day or if its pooring rain out side just ride people

I remember the bike commute day a year or so ago when cruz bustamonte had his wife drive him form elk grove to freeport blvd. so he could ride to the capitol to go to work they had a news crew following him boy that was funny he was breathing hard and about to faint after about 6miles and it makes you think are people really that bad off?

rambling...off...

kid728

Bike to Work Day is really about supporting your local bike advocacy organizations. Without them there would be no new bike lanes or traffic calmed streets. These are the things that make your commute easier (the free coffee once a year is nice, but that's not what it is about).

The media usually mentions it as well. Hopefully they don't start another anti-bike campaign, as there was another smashed window incident at the Berkeley Critical Mass last night.

Retem

yeah I am just being the cynical sacramento bike advocate type guy. I completely understand the purpose of bike commute month/week I am just saying that the people that only commute via bike because its a special month/day/week are kinda lame when we live in california with our beautiful weather and scenery. the horribly sad thing is in sacramento we have 500 miles of beautiful wild bike trail that simply can't be beat.
but we still have people driving their big suvs 6 blocks to the bike trail to ride their bikes when they live along a route or a place with a marked lane.
as far as traffic calming and bike lanes go I cn ony speak for my adopted city and drivers seldom obey markings bike lanes divides medians they simly don't care and don't mind the law.
I do appreciate the efforts that cities like berkeley and davis have made they are both very well thought out as far as population dense developement goes sf and sacramento still have a long way to go to accomplish these things granted drivers are infinitly more aware in sf than in sacramento but oh well its flat here.

Rugen

There's a great thread called advocacy & safety.

Keep your free stuff. Posting this here is a bit like preaching to the choir.

kid728

The SFBC will also be handing out free bike maps of the city. They show all the bike lanes, bike paths, street grades, and bike shop locations. Kind of nice to have. If anyone wants to download the BTWD Poster for their workplace, here's the link:https://www.sfbike.org/download/rides...BTWDposter.pdf

Cynikal 

Hey! that's my job

Cynikal 

Retem (Tom)

I agree that Sac has a ways to go to be a bike friendly town but we are all working very hard to make that happen. Things have changed quite a bit in the past 10 years (since I've been back in sac) and I'm sure the next 10 will be even better.

Kid728 nailed it. This is another day to remind you to support your local advocacy group or groups.

jhnmrk

https://driveyourbike.org/

Retem

I know I just hate it when I see city planners on the news complaining about the removal and reconstruction of private operated parking lots when I think its a great idea limit the amount of idiots down here with 2 and a half ton vehicle that they can barely handle on a four lane thoroughfare

Cynikal 

Well, City Planners (myself included) want very much to reduce the number of all autos, especially in the downtown areas. It's usually the business people who complain about the loss of parking. Parking guys love it because the supply goes down and prices go up. The market (gas and others) will cause the shift away from 2.5 ton vehicles soon enough. Enough with the hijack. Commence discussion with Bike to Work Day.

BTW, I'm working the booth for the Bike Kitchen on the 17th at Capitol Park if anyone is in Sac. Come by and say hi.

kid728

They just added another Energizer Station downtown at Rainbow Grocery (Division/13th St. @ Folsom) from 5-7PM. Just a month or so ago, Rainbow started offering a 10% discount on groceries to those who shop by bike.

Also this week's SF Bay Guardian has a front page article about Bike to Work Day and the status of the lawsuit against the city's Bike Plan. The good news is there are over 60 bike projects that could be implemented at a rapid speed once it's over. That's if the politician's don't withdraw their support. It's kind of our job to keep the pressure on them.

onetwentyeight 

im gonna hit up as many free coffee stations as i can. im gonna be shaking by the time i get to work.

pitboss

and peeing...oh, the horror

onetwentyeight 

ill just pee out by the back door at my job. its what all the homeless people do anyway.

james_swift

Points:

-Every day is like bike-to-work-day.

-7:30AM? Are you kidding me? I guess that leaves-out a huge chunk of commuters who catch the 6:59AM and 7:14AM trains to the South Bay.

Maracski

At the Presidio Station you can get orange juice and bagels with cream cheese. And also a free bbq lunch from Acre Cafe...

kid728

There's still the Evening Stations from 5-7PM if you're going to be outside biking at that time.

donoman

I rode today!!! and yesterday! I have been trying to ride at least 2x a week for better health, lower emissions, and to save $$$.

Rugen

Man-up and do it every day.

straightedge

I wish my grades would average out like that.

Cynikal 

Totally