Bike & Roll to School Week gets thousands of families biking and rolling to school together every year.
As we celebrate San Francisco Climate Week, we're excited to tell you about a green way students can choose to get to school.
Our Safe Routes to School program is hosting Bike & Roll to School Week May 5 - 9.
When students bike and roll, they help reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. That means cleaner air and a greener future for everyone!
Learn how to set up an event at your school or participate in one. We’ll also cover a special opportunity to show off your artistic side during Bike & Roll to School Week.
Bike & Roll to School Week: How to get involved
Bike & Roll to School Week encourages students across San Francisco to get on their bikes, scooters, skateboard, wheelchairs and other mobility devices and roll to school together. Students and families are welcome to join the fun by walking, too!
More than 4,000 students and adults from 50 schools participated in Bike & Roll to School Week events last year.
Ready to get involved? You can set up an event at your school or participate in one.
Become a Bike Champion
Parents, caregivers, teachers and school staff can sign up using this form to host an event at their school. We’ll connect you with other people interested in hosting an event at your school and offer tips to help you run a successful event.
Stay tuned at your school
Not ready to host an event? You can also stay tuned for news from your school. Staff or parent volunteers will announce if they’re hosting any Bike & Roll to School Week events on your campus closer to the week of May 5-9.
Show off your creative side
As students go green this Bike & Roll to School Week, they can also get creative! This year’s event includes an art contest.
Students can produce an original piece of art based on this prompt:
- Create a piece of visual art that expresses what biking and rolling to school looks like, feels like and means to San Francisco students. And remember, there are many ways to bike and roll – scooters, skateboards, wheelchairs and other active ways of getting around are all included!
Contest rules:
- Format: Artwork should be 8.5” x 11”, landscape orientation
- Materials: All mediums are welcome. This includes drawing, painting, mixed media, digital and more.
- How to enter: Submit a scanned copy, high-quality photograph or your digital art in .JPG or .PDF format to SRTSContest@sfmta.com. Include your name, school and grade level.
- Deadline: Email your artwork by May 15, 2025.
There will be one elementary school, middle school and high school winner in addition to one grand prize winner. Each winner will receive a Blick Art Materials gift card. Plus, their art might be used in future Safe Routes to School promotional materials!
Winners will be contacted by school representatives. You do not have to participate in a Bike & Roll to School Week activity to enter the art contest.
During Bike & Roll to School week and beyond: Remember to wear your helmets, even when rolling with friends.
Why bike or roll?
We hope to see students and their families biking and rolling to school year-round! Here are some of the benefits biking and rolling can offer:
- Build healthy habits young – Help kids learn that exercising can be a fun, daily activity. Plus, it’s a chance to get out some of their morning energy before school.
- Skip the traffic rush – Notice long lines and wait times while dropping off and picking up your child by car? Skip the line by biking and rolling to class!
- Support a greener future – Biking and rolling help reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. The result: cleaner air and a greener future for everyone.
- Have fun getting to school – Spend extra time bonding with family and hanging out with friends. It’s a win-win for everyone.
Safety in numbers! Get to school safely and in style with other students and their families during Bike & Roll to School Week.
Getting kids to school via the Four Fun Ways year-round
Bike & Roll to School Week is part of our Safe Routes to School program. The program strives to make walking and bicycling to school safer and more accessible for children, including those with disabilities. It also promotes and supports the Four Fun Ways to get to school all year-round: walking, biking, taking public transit or carpooling.
During the 2023-2024 school year, more than 10,000 people participated in our Safe Routes to School events.
Program participants of all ages:
- Biked nearly 2,500 miles
- That’s like biking around San Francisco over 80 times!
- Walked nearly 100 miles
- That’s equivalent to walking the length of the Golden Gate Bridge 57 times!
We’re proud to help so many students and families across the city reduce pollution and greenhouse gases.
You can learn more about our work and participate in upcoming events by visiting the Safe Routes to School website.
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