Home » City Guide »

Bike to Work Day

Power to the Pedal! It’s Bike to Work Day on Thursday.
By - posted 5/9/2016 No Comment

It’s the 21st annual Bike to Work Day so grab your bike and join tens of thousands of people pedaling to the office on Thursday, May 12, 2016.

Want a FREE bike rental? Bay Area Bike Share is offering free rides in celebration of #BTWD. Take the system out for a spin and experience the fun and freedom of biking in SF firsthand.
> Register and get a 24-hour code to use on May 12.

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition hosts a robust Bike to Work Day event with 25 Energizer Stations with snacks and bike doctors, plus urban bike safety classes and workshops, rides and events leading up to the event to celebrate biking in San Francisco.

2016 Energizer Stations

> View 2016 Map (PDF or Google) for the exact locations

*Locations with Bike Doctors
Local bike shop mechanics get you rolling on Bike to Work Day with free basic bike maintenance like lubing chains, adjusting seats and fixing flat tires.

Morning Stations
(7:30-9:30 am unless otherwise stated)

  • *Alamo Square: Fulton St. at Scott St.
  • Bernal: Cesar Chavez St. at Harrison St.
  • *Caltrain Station: 4th St. at Townsend St.
  • *Civic Center: City Hall, Polk St. steps
  • *Downtown: Market St. at Battery St. (7:30am-2pm)
  • *Embarcadero: Ferry Building (6:30-9:30am)
  • Inner Richmond: Cabrillo St. at Arguello Blvd.
  • Inner Sunset: Irving St. at 6th Ave.
  • *Mid-Market: Market St. at 12th St. (7-11am)
  • Mission: Valencia St. at 17th St. (7-11am)
  • Mission Bay: 16th St. at Owens St.
  • *Panhandle: Fell St. at Masonic Ave.
  • *Presidio: Main Post, Halleck St. at Lincoln Blvd. (6:30-9:30am)
  • Second Street: 222 Second St. at Howard St.
  • SF2G (Peninsula Commute): 24th St.
  • Mission BART (6-6:30am) SF State: 19th Ave. at Holloway St. (10am-12pm)
  • SoMa: Folsom St. at 7th St. (7-11am)
  • Western Addition: Kaiser Hospital, Geary Blvd. at St. Joseph’s Ave.

Evening Stations
(5-7 pm, unless otherwise stated)

  • *Caltrain Station: 4th St. at Townsend St.
  • *Central Market: Market St. at 4th St.
  • *Mission East: Harrison St. at 17th St.
  • *Mission West: Valencia St. at 19th St.
  • Octavia Island: Octavia Blvd. at Market St.
  • *Panhandle: Fell St. at Masonic St. (5-7:30pm)
  • *Polk Street: Polk St. at Bush St. SoMa: Howard St. at 8th St. (5-7:30pm)

Commuter Convoys – head downtown with fellow riders on Bike to Work Day
(7:45 am, unless otherwise stated)
> Check for updates and RSVP

  • Bayview: Mendell Plaza, 3rd St. at Oakdale Ave. (7:30am)
  • Castro: Jane Warner Plaza at 17th St.
  • Excelsior: Mission & Geneva Sts. (7:30am)
  • Haight: Flywheel, 672 Stanyan St. at Haight St.
  • Ingleside: Fog Lifter, 1901 Ocean Ave. (7:30am)
  • Marina: Rapha Cycle Club, 2198 Filbert St.
  • Mission: Cafe Seventy8, 78 29th St. (7:30am)
  • North Beach: Washington Square Park
  • Richmond: Cumaica, 200 Clement St. at 3rd Ave.
  • SoMa: Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom St. at 7th St.
  • Sunset: Nomad Cyclery, 2555 Irving St. (7:30am)