The following information is about Bike to Wherever Days that was run during September 2020: The sooner you sign up, the more prizes you can win! Finally, you may identify your workplace to compete with co-workers plus companies can get additional benefits. It was fun and many prizes were awarded! Legal Notices | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Site Map. The prize? Team results appear only for September. Bay Area Bike to Wherever Days and Bike to Work Day encourages local residents to try riding on two wheels for the first time and celebrates those who regularly bike. Those items were donated by Alaska Airlines (four pairs of plane tickets), Timbuk2 (bike bags), Surly (Pugsley frameset), area bike shops (gear and gift certificates), a professional-caliber bike fitter (gift certificates for fittings), a plastic surgery practice (gift certificate), Patagonia and Ortileb/Marin County Bicycle Coalition (gear) and MTC (boxed sets of laminated Bay Trail maps). We have a maximum number of messages that someone can send through the Love to Ride platform - this is so that naughty people can't use it to send lots and lots of spam messages! MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Learn about Plan Bay Area 2050, a roadmap for the Bay Area's future. San Francisco, CA 94105-2066, Main Phone Number: (415) 778-6700 Stay connected with MTC Bike to Wherever Days - Sept 2020! Stay tuned for our next big event coming in May 2021! All rights reserved. MTC is committed to operating its programs and services in accordance with federal, state and local civil rights laws and regulations. Barring better judgment, I just spent more than half my salary on 6 track days at Pacific Track Time . And many of those who participated in this event took advantage of the growing Slow Streets movement.”. Public Information Line: (415) 778-6757 Each week, a lucky name was drawn from the participant pool for a variety of prizes. Cool! Track your miles & rides, compete with individuals and teams, and have a chance to win prizes including roundtrip tickets for 2 from Alaska Airlines! Also join as many Groups as you wish for fun and to have private competitions with friends & family. Bike to Wherever Day/Days 2020 also receives regional support from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), as well as from many sponsors at the local level. Be "Bike to Wherever Days" proud and add the BTWD ring to your Facebook profile photo! Assuming each track day is typically $180, you get a savings of roughly $1080-$895 = $185 or 1 trackday! For $895.00, you can go to six regular track time events. OR copy and paste the text below and send it from your email, Click here At Bay Area Motorcycle Training we have three great locations where you can learn everything you need to know to ride and control your motorcycle safely. Main Fax Number: (415) 536-9800info@bayareametro.gov. Register! More than 3,600 people from across the Bay Area participated in “Bike to Wherever Days,” which got bicyclists out across the nine-county region during September despite COVID-19, and poor air quality in the region for much of the month. In order to receive a reply to your comment, please provide an email address. 375 Beale Street, Suite 800 Fun Track Dayz was created in June of 2015 by August “Augie” Weber Sr. AFM #78 with the mission to provide safe and fun track days to riders of all skill levels, from Novice (C) Group, to Intermediate (B) Group and Expert (A) Group. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. You may continue to use this site year around to track your rides and compete informally against others. Santa Clara was followed by San Mateo, Marin, San Francisco and Alameda counties. Online participation, managed through a local Bay Area Love to Ride platform website, was on par with pre-pandemic years, even as part of September saw poor air quality resulting from a plethora of Bay Area wildfires. The following MTC programs are designed to ensure compliance: Bay Area Metro Center Copyright © 2020 Metropolitan Transportation Commission. This time, however, it wasn’t to work, but to wherever – through a park for fun, to run errands, to visit friends and family while social distancing – and to work if their places of business were open. Marin County Bicycle Coalition took first place, Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition came in second, and the Board of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition rode into third. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the organizers of Bike to Work Day 2020 (BTWD) rescheduled the event from May 14 to September 24 in the hopes that employees would be returning to regular work routines. Due to COVID-19 Bay Area Bike To Work Day has pivoted to become a virtual event during the month of September. if you want to invite another friend. It was fun and many prizes were awarded! The solution for you...... simply copy the message you were going to send through Love to Ride and paste it into an email in your own email client! Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.