Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike to Work Day

Bay Area’s Clif Bar Encourages Biking and Walking with 2-Mile Challenge

By Matthew Roth | May 12, 2010 | 1 Comment

Many bicycle advocacy organizations will point out that 40 percent of trips in urban areas areas are 2 miles or less, the perfect distance for bicycling, yet nearly all of those trips are taken by car. Couple that with the environmental costs to the planet of oil consumption, the expenses accrued with driving, including rising […]

“I Bike SF” Campaign Encourages Shopping Locally by Bicycle

By Matthew Roth | May 11, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: Bike and Roll. In honor of Bike Month this year, Mayor Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and local businesses have teamed up with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) to promote shopping by bicycle in various neighborhoods across the city. As part of the I Bike SF campaign, participating businesses […]

Bike to Work Day Draws Record Crowds of Cyclists

By Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel | May 14, 2009 | 5 Comments

Leah Shahum addresses hundreds in the crowd at City Hall San Francisco’s annual Bike to Work Day drew a record 200,000 bicyclists this morning, according to early estimates, making it the most successful bike to work day since it began 15 years ago. Crowds of cyclists took advantage of the SFBC Energizer Stations to get […]

Get Your Free Bike to Work Day Portrait Taken by the Pros

By Bryan Goebel | May 13, 2009 | No Comments

I’d like to give a plug to our bicycle-riding friends at Orange Photography, who are graciously offering free portraits of bicyclists for Bike to Work Day tomorrow: We’re always psyched about it since 80 percent of our studio bikes or takes alternate forms of transit and we’re right down the street from Mike’s Bikes too. […]