Programs

  • Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days

    Regional Bike to Wherever Days - this program is administered by SVBC to encourage participation of all nine Bay Area counties in this keystone annual event. Each county organizes Bike to Work and Bike to Wherever Day/Days programming including 1-3 days of energizer stations to reward bike riders + many other public events encouraging ridership. A synopsis of Strava Metro data gathered during Bike Month shows that total trips by bike in 2023 in the Bay Area seem to be mostly back to pre-pandemic levels after the remarkable 2020 pandemic bump up. San Francisco stands out with a very high and steady rate of bicycle trips. Bicycle commuting is recovering but remains below pre-pandemic levels in most counties except Napa, Sonoma, and Solano where bicycle commuting stayed consistent throughout. In terms of the number of people biking, most counties are down from the previous year but still have more people biking than pre-pandemic. Sonoma's people count did not vary much year to year.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $776K

  • Biking Advocacy and Community Organizing

    Advocacy & Community Organizing - staff helped individuals from 9 cities organize to advocate for safer biking and walking, lead easy community bike rides, and increase "local team" participation. To this end, the staff created and published a toolkit for "local teams" which are city-based groups of concerned citizens. This resource provides support for those interested in encouraging local government to invest in roadway and other infrastructure changes to make bicycling safer and more accessible for more people. Advocacy staff held monthly forums and quarterly trainings drawing an average number of attendees to forums of 56. All nine teams saw increases in membership.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $274.4K

  • Community Social Rides Program

    Social Rides: SVBC plans free, easy social rides in collaboration with various community groups and partner organizations throughout the year to encourage ridership. Monthly rides were organized in various parts of Santa Clara County and 4 around San Mateo County. Average attendance in SCC was 23, in SMC was 14. Staff also train ride leaders in safe leadership of group rides. Four ride leader trainings were given, with 38 leaders trained.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $157K