Bike & Roll
Fun. That’s just how we roll.
The annual celebration will take place citywide April 18-22
The SF Safe Routes to School Partnership is excited to announce our annual SF Bike & Roll Week celebration, April 18-22. Bike & Roll Week, organized by the SF Bicycle Coalition, is for students city-wide to celebrate getting around under your own power. Whether you’re on a bike, scooter, wheelchair, or skateboard, it’s healthy, green, and FUN. Walking counts too!
Check out all the fun activities and prizes HERE!
This year we have great activities for different age levels to participate.
Whether you’re a student, a parent or caregiver, or a teacher, check out and sign up for all of our offerings today.
The annual celebration will take place citywide May 10-14
The SF Safe Routes to School Partnership is excited to announce our annual SF Bike & Roll Week celebration, May 10-14. Bike & Roll Week, organized by the SF Bicycle Coalition, is for students city-wide to celebrate getting around under your own power. Whether you’re on a bike, scooter, wheelchair, or skateboard, it’s healthy, green, and FUN. Walking counts too!
Check out all the fun activities and prizes HERE!
This year we have great activities for different age levels to participate remotely, but in collaboration with friends and peers. For elementary school students, the Five Senses Challenge connects getting out on wheels with exploring your neighborhood through your senses. Entire classes or Community Hub cohorts can participate, or you can take part as an individual. For middle and high school students, we’re creating a fun, innovative app-based scavenger hunt game with our friends at Handstand that will get students out on their bikes and other wheels. And all ages can participate in our annual Bike & Roll Art Contest. Activities include awesome prizes from partners like Timbuk2, Cleary Bikes, Mike’s Bikes, and more!
Whether you’re a student, a parent or caregiver, or a teacher, check out and sign up for all of our offerings today. Resources in multiple languages coming soon.
Participating in Walk & Roll Week is easy.
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Students can participate on their own, and entire classrooms can sign up. In addition, we are hosting our first ever Walk & Roll Week Art Contest, too! Just go to www.walksf.org/walkandroll to get started.
This year we have prizes you can win individually and as a whole class too! It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
- Get your Walk & Roll passport
- Do the daily activity. Take photos or create art
Log your Walk & Roll activities!
Share a photo or drawing from your activity, and you’ll be entered into the Walk & Roll Drawing (five drawing entries per child max). Your photos and artwork will be featured in our Walk & Roll online gallery.
- Teacher’s Class Registration:
Teachers be sure to register your classroom to participate in Walk & Roll Week!
By signing up, you will be entered to win a set of books with sustainability, health, and safety themes for your classroom!
- BONUS Art Contest
Create a piece of visual art that celebrates walking and rolling around San Francisco — scooters, skates, bikes, skateboards, wheelchairs, and other active ways of getting around are all included! Submit your art to: SRTSContest@sfmta.com
For more information on all Walk & Roll Week 2020 events, please visit: www.walksf.org/walkandroll or email Sam at sam@walksf.org.
Resources for School Staff
How-To Guides & Case Studies
How-To Guide
Teaching Kids To Bike
It only takes a weekend to teach your kid a skill that lasts a lifetime. Let’s roll.
How-To Guide
Bike Blender
For a unique way to learn about Earth-friendly transportation, mix it up.
How-To Guide
Walking School Bus
Find out how to create a Walking School Bus in your neighborhood. Next stop: Fun.
How-To Guide
Transportation Social
The best way to ensure your kids get to school safely, while getting to know your neighbors!
How-To Guide
Bike Train
If BART and Muni aren’t an option, create a train of your own. All aboard!
Case Study
Walking School Bus
See how two San Francisco’s Chinatown elementary schools really stepped it up.
Helpful Information Guides
SF Safe Routes serves all SFUSD schools in every SF neighborhood.
To encourage sign-up and ongoing participation, we offer member schools a variety of benefits, including pedestrian and bike safety education, bike rodeos, and support from our outreach team.
Bike & Roll
Fun. That’s just how we roll.
2019 Bike & Roll to School Week
April 15-19, 2019
The annual celebration of fun, healthy ways to commute to school across our city is held every April. Bike & Roll to School Week welcomes anyone and everyone with wheels! It’s time to get out your bicycles, skateboards, wheelchairs, rollerskates and strollers. Any San Francisco school, from Pre-K to high school, is invited to participate in the fun.
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Get ready to ride!
Participate in upcoming learn to ride, family biking events, or bike safety classes to help prepare your children and family for Bike & Roll to School Week.
To view upcoming events, please click here.
Helpful information on biking to school for parents and families:
Biking resources provided by the SF Bicycle Coalition
Family Biking Guide (PDF)
Family Biking Classes
Bicycle Rules of the Road
Biking Maps and Routes
Safety Tips
Always wear a helmet. It’s not only important to protect your child, it’s the law for riders 18 and under.
Be as visible as possible. Wear bright clothing and install reflectors and lights on your bike.
Stay off the roads. Ride only in bike lanes or along marked bike routes.
For children up to age 13, it’s OK to ride on the sidewalk.
For school staff:
Contests
Encouragement activities make it fun for students to walk or bike to school!
Frequent Rider Miles Guidebook (PDF)
The Golden Sneaker Award (PDF)
Curriculum
Support Safe Routes to School activities in the classroom!
K-5 Educator’s Guide
(Alameda County SRTS)
Evaluation Tools
SF Safe Routes to School works in partnership with SF Unified School District to collect meaningful data about student commutes.
Back to School Safety Tips from VisionZero SF (PDF)
Identifying Barriers and Developing Solutions to Provide a Safer Route to School (PDF)
Join Us for Bike & Roll to School Week!
April 29 – May 3, 2024
This annual celebration of fun and healthy ways to commute to schools across our city is held every Spring. Bike & Roll to School Week welcomes anyone and everyone with wheels! It’s time to get out your bicycles, skateboards, wheelchairs, roller skates and strollers. Any San Francisco school, from Pre-K to high school, is invited to participate in the fun!
Safety Tips
Always wear a helmet. It’s not only important to protect your head, it’s the law for riders under 18.
Be as visible as possible. Wear bright clothing and install reflectors and lights on your bike.
Ride in bike lanes or along bike routes where present.
Bikers and rollers under 13 can ride on the sidewalk.
How-To Guides & Case Studies
How-To Guide
Bike Blender
For a unique way to learn about Earth-friendly transportation, mix it up.
How-To Guide
Bike Train
If BART and Muni aren’t an option, create a train of your own. All aboard!
How-To Guide
Teaching Kids To Bike
It only takes a weekend to teach your kid a skill that lasts a lifetime. Let’s roll.
How-To Guide
Transportation Social
The best way to ensure your kids get to school safely, while getting to know your neighbors!
Helpful Information Guides
For Caregivers & Families
For School Staff
Resources for Parents & Caregivers
How-To Guides & Case Studies
How-To Guide
Teaching Kids To Bike
It only takes a weekend to teach your kid a skill that lasts a lifetime. Let’s roll.
How-To Guide
Bike Blender
For a unique way to learn about Earth-friendly transportation, mix it up.
How-To Guide
Walking School Bus
Find out how to create a Walking School Bus in your neighborhood. Next stop: Fun.
How-To Guide
Transportation Social
The best way to ensure your kids get to school safely, while getting to know your neighbors!
How-To Guide
Bike Train
BART and Muni aren’t an option, create a train of your own. All aboard!
Case Study
Walking School Bus
See how two San Francisco’s Chinatown elementary schools really stepped it up.
Helpful Information Guides
SF Safe Routes serves all SFUSD schools in every SF neighborhood.
To encourage sign-up and ongoing participation, we offer member schools a variety of benefits, including pedestrian and bike safety education, bike rodeos, and support from our outreach team.
San Francisco’s Bike & Roll to School Week took place April 15-19. A record 102 schools participated across San Francisco this year. Students and caregivers pedaled to pre-schools and to elementary, middle and high schools.They also walked, scootered, skated, and rolled by school bus, transit, and wheelchair. Many thanks to the Safe Routes to School partnership, and congratulations to all!
Read about the 2019 Bike & Roll champions
Biking to Pre-school: Maelig Morvan
Elementary School: Kiyomi Noguchi
Middle and High School: the Kelly family
Parents and teachers have the opportunity to follow your children’s lead on Bike to Work Day May 9. It’s good for your health, your spirits, quality of life in the city, and good for the planet.
Check back to see who won a Cleary bicycle!
Take the pledge to bike, roll or volunteer for Bike and Roll to School Week, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win one of three Clearly bicycles in your child’s size.
Prepare for Bike & Roll to School Week with the following:
SCHOOLS REGISTERED
Alamo Elementary – Thu, 4/18
Alice Fong Yu Alternative School – Wed, 4/17
Alvarado Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Argonne Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Bessie Carmichael – TBD
Bret Harte – Thu, 4/18
Bryant Elementary – Thu, 4/18
Buen Dia Family School – Fri, 4/19
Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 – Wed, 4/17
Carver Elementary – TBD
Cesar Chavez Elementary – Tue, 4/16
Children’s Day School – TBD
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila – Wed, 4/17
Claire Lilienthal – Mon, 4/15
Clarendon – Wed, 4/17
Cleveland Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Commodore Sloat Elementary – Tue, 4/16
Commodore Stockton EES – Thu, 4/18
Convent of the Sacred Heart – Wed, 4/17
Creative Arts Charter School – Wed, 4/17
Daniel Webster Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Dianne Feinstein Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Dolores Huerta – Thu, 4/18
EALNS – Mon, 4/15
El Dorado – Thu, 4/18
Enchantment Institute – 4/15 to 4/26
ER Taylor Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Everett Middle School – Thu, 4/18 & Fri, 4/19
Excelsior @ Guadalupe – Fri, 4/19
Excelsior Hub – Fri, 4/19
Flynn Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Francis Scott Key – Fri, 4/19
Francisco Middle School – Fri, 4/19
Frank McCoppin Elementary – Wed, 4/17
French American International – Fri, 4/19
Garfield Elementary – TBD
George Moscone Elementary – Wed, 4/17
George Peabody – 4/15 to 4/18
GISSV – Wed, 5/8
Glen Park School – Wed, 4/17
Gordon J. Lau Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Grattan Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Guadalupe Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy – Fri, 4/19
James Denman – Wed, 4/17
James Lick Middle School – 4/15 to 4/19
Jean Parker Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Jefferson Elementary – Wed, 4/17
John McLaren Early Education – Wed, 4/18
John Yehall Chin Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Jose Ortega Elementary – 4/15 to 4/19
Junipero Serra Elementary – Thu, 4/18
La Scuola International – 4/16 or 4/17
Lafayette Elementary – Thu, 4/18
Lakeshore Alternative Elementary – Tue, 4/16
Laurel Hill Nursery – Tue, 4/16
Lawton Alternative School – Fri, 4/19
Lincoln High School – Fri, 4/19
Live Oak – Wed, 4/17
Longfellow Elementary – Mon, 4/15
Lowell High School – Mon, 4/22
Marina Middle School – Wed, 4/17
Marshall Elementary – Thu, 4/18
McKinley Elementary – 4/15 to 4/19
Miraloma Cooperative Nursery – 4/15 to 4/19
Miraloma Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Mission Education Center – Tue, 4/16
Mission High School – Tue, 4/16
Mission Kids Preschool – Mon, 4/15
Monroe Elementary – 4/15 to 4/19
New School of San Francisco – Thu, 4/18
New Traditions – Thu, 4/18
Peter’s Place Nursery School – TBD
Presidio Early Education School – Thu, 4/18
Rise University Prep – Tue, 4/16
Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Roosevelt Middle – Mon, 4/15 – Fri, 4/19
Rosa Parks Elementary – Wed, 4/17
San Francisco Community – Fri, 4/19
San Francisco Day School – Fri, 4/19
San Francisco Public Montessori – Wed, 4/17
Sanchez Elementary – Wed, 4/17
SF Tikes Academy – Fri, 4/19
SFPM – Wed, 4/17
Sheridan Elementary – Tue, 4/16
Sherman Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Spring Valley Science – Fri, 4/19
St. Peter’s School – 4/15 to 4/17
Sunnyside Elementary – Wed, 4/17
Stuart Hall for Boys – Wed, 4/17
Sunset Elementary – 4/15 to 4/19
Superkids Preschool – TBD
Sutro Elementary – Fri, 4/19
Synergy School – Fri, 4/19
Telegraph Hill – Wed, 4/17
Tenderloin Community School – Wed, 4/17
The San Francisco School – Thu, 4/18
Thurgood Marshall – Thu, 4/18
Ulloa Elementary – Tue, 4/16
Wah Mei School – TBD
West Portal Elementary – 4/15 to 4/19
Wu Yee Children’s Services – Thu, 4/18
Yick Wo Elementary – 4/22 to 4/26
Bike & Roll to School Week is sponsored by the SF Safe Routes to School Partnership and organized by the SF Bicycle Coalition.
School Transportation Resource Guide
Welcome to the school transportation resource guide! Please click on the categories below for more information.
Bike Blender: A fun activity for your next school event, the bike blender allows kids to make smoothies with pedal power! You can borrow one from YBike by sending requests to Matt Dove (matt@ybike.org) at least 6 weeks in advance or buy your own (rockthebike.com).
Bike Events: Recurring events include the Excelsior Walk and Roll to School day, on the first Tuesday of every month, and Learn to Ride with YBike in the Presidio, on the first Sunday of every month. For bike event updates, visit sfbike.org/events.
Bike Racks: If your school requires bike racks, SFUSD has a few 2-loop and a number of 4-loop racks available in several colors. If you are interested in having bike racks for your school, please contact your school principal.
Bike & Roll to School Week: Every year, schools are encouraged to celebrate and motivate students and parents to bike or roll to school at the end of April. For more information, please visit www.sfsaferoutes.org/bike.
Bike Trains: A group of children who bike together accompanied by adults for better visibility and safety. Get more resources or schedule a training at sfsaferoutes.org/contact.
Carpooling: Visit www.sfsaferoutes.org/carpool for resources.
Drop and Roll: SFUSD has an online resource and external consulting resources to assist you in developing safe pick-up and drop-off procedures. For more information, please contact Ken Neu in Risk Management at neuk@sfusd.edu.
Idling: Resources and activities for schools to run a no idling campaign are available at http://onairschools.org/campaign/no-idling/.
Task Forces: Neighborhood task forces in the Mission, Excelsior, Bayview, Chinatown, and Westside (Richmond/Sunset) allow parents to share their safety concerns and advocate for traffic improvements around their school. Contact us to find more information about your neighborhood task force.
Free Muni for Youth: Low and moderate income SF youth between the ages of 5 and 18 are eligible for free access to Muni when using a Clipper card. Parents must fill out a paper form and include proof of a child’s age to receive a pass valid until the child’s 19th birthday. To replace a lost or stolen card, contact Clipper Customer Service at 1.877.878.8883.
Muni Safety: The Muni Transit Assistance Program (MTAP) trains community members to ride on specific routes with the purpose of diffusing and deterring any conflicts and acts of vandalism and to ensure the safety of students. MTAP staff work closely with middle and high school principals to identify and ameliorate school-related transportation concerns. For more information please visit here.
Muni Routes: Every middle and high school in the District is served by at least one Muni route. Find the nearest bus routes and schedules here. For elementary schools use the MUNI planner to find routes closest to your school.
School Trippers: Certain middle and high schools are served by school trippers, Muni buses which begin or end at these schools but otherwise follow their usual route. School trippers are the ones served by the MTAP program (see Muni Safety). Here is a list of the current schools being served by trippers.
School Buses: Schedules for SFUSD general education school buses, how to request service, and additional information can be found here.
Crossing Guards: Approximately 195 school crossing guards serve K- 8 public and private schools throughout San Francisco. Placement and assignment of crossing guards is dependent on a number of criteria to ensure they are placed at intersections where they are needed the most. The addition of new crossing guards is limited by available funding. For more information please visit: https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/walk/adult-school-crossing-guard-program.
Traffic Calming: To reduce excessive speeding and calm traffic, the SFMTA is working with SFUSD to develop a new traffic calming program designed specifically for schools. Fore more information please contact your school principal.
Traffic Enforcement: Request morning or afternoon SFPD enforcement by contacting your local SFPD police station directly.
Vision Zero SF: The City’s commitment to eliminate traffic-related deaths on our streets by 2024, with a focus on vulnerable populations including youth: www.visionzerosf.org/.
Walk & Roll to School Day: This international kickoff to the year takes place the first Wednesday in October. Schools encourage students to walk or roll to school and celebrates those that already do. To receive free resources: www.sfsaferoutes.org/walk.
Walking School Bus: A group of children walking to school with one or more adults. It can be as informal as two families taking turns walking their children to school or as structured as a route with meeting points, a timetable, and a regularly rotating schedule of trained volunteers. Start your own with this fact sheet.
Contact us for any questions!
