Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

Join SVBC on May 13 for the 16th annual Bike to Work Day!

Once a year, on a warm May morning, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition encourages commuters to leave their cars at home and join tens of thousands of their fellow Bay Area residents in biking to work. The weather is perfect, the streets filled with cyclists, and energizer stations dot the landscape, staffed by volunteers eager to pass out treats and encouragement. Bike to Work Day is a vision of what the morning commute should look like: Parents and children, office workers, politicians, CEOs, all doing the unimaginable – enjoying their trips to work and school.

You can do it

It sounds simple because it is. Almost 40 percent of Bay Area commuters live within just five miles of their workplace, a bike-able distance for even inexperienced cyclists. If every person living this close to their workplace ditched their cars on Bike to Work Day alone, more than 60,000 vehicles would be off the road, reducing tailpipe emissions by more than 150,000 pounds. What’s more, the large turnout each year makes such a visible presence of bicyclists that motorists actually take notice, slow down, and make room. Everyone’s commute is improved when people take to the streets on bikes.

SVBC can help

In order to encourage as much participation as possible, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition spends months planning the event and spreading the word through the community and to the media. SVBC also organizes and oversees a huge network of Energizer Stations throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties – stops along popular routes where cyclists can get a snack, a tote bag, some other goodies, and a few words of encouragement. These efforts are worth it – each year, many participants find bicycle commuting so fun and easy that they make a habit out of it and continue to bike to work throughout the year.

Do it for fun

There are so many great reasons to give bike commuting a first try, but the reason people stick with it is simple – fun. So save the date for a morning of fun: Thursday, May 13 is Bike to Work Day 2010. Leave the car at home, dust off the bike, and enjoy your commute for once.

Bike to Work Day brings together thousands of cyclists! If your company would like to be a part of this great community event, and receive some great exposure to Silicon Valley professionals, take a look at our Sponsorship and Benefits page at http://bikesiliconvalley.org/btwd/sponsorship.