Celebrating another year of biking in San Francisco!
The SFMTA measures bicycle ridership in San Francisco to assess trends over time an 2017 was a big year for biking! These bike ridership factoids are pulled from a handful of sources including: project tracking, SFMTA’s network of automated bike counters, bike share data, an annual manual count conducted the second week of September, and US Census data.
Key Findings for Bicycle Data in 2017
- AGENCY WORK: Over 14 miles of bikeways were added or upgraded
- HIGHEST RIDERSHIP MONTH: August saw the highest bike ridership, with 1,368,437 bikes counted at 66 locations
- MOST POPULAR BIKE COUNTER: The counter on the Panhandle Bike Path logged the most bikes in 2017: 794,124!
- WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP: More than 44,000 bikes were counted on an average weekday
The morning peak commute period occurs from 7-10am
The evening peak commute periods occurs from 4-7pm
- BIKE SHARE: The installation of new Ford GoBike bike share stations led to 10% increase in bikes counted on nearby routes
- CENSUS MODE SHARE: The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 3.9% of city residents commuted by bike in the year prior: 2016.
- MANUAL BIKE COUNTS have shown a 196% increase since 2006
- WET WEATHER: Wet weather contributed to a 5% in decrease observed in our annual manual counts in September
- CITY CONSTRUCTION: Over 4,000 special traffic permits were issued affecting over 1,362 blocks of right of way, one contributing factor to count decreases.
- 2017 WEATHER:
5,934 bikes splashed through San Francisco’s wettest day, Feb. 20, with 2.16 inches of rain
29,203 bikes enjoyed the sun on San Francisco’s hottest day, Sep. 2 at 88 degrees
16,578 bikes braved the chill on San Francisco’s coldest day, Jan. 20 at 34 degrees