Bicycle Friendly Community

The Presidio of San Francisco, CA | Silver Level

Community Highlights: The Presidio of San Francisco has an 8 percent modeshare; and besides residents, it is a cycling destination for much of San Francisco and tourists. Presidio recently constructed the second phase of the Presidio Promenade multi-use trail. The Promenade will run from the Lombard Gate on the east side of the park to the Golden Gate Bridge when completed. By providing a bike fleet to the community YMCA, as well as building a Street Skills Bicycle Education Area to support local Bicycle Education programs, the town has cooperatively developed a community bicycle education program. The YMCA leads biweekly guided rides in local neighborhoods through after-school bike clubs at local middle schools using donated bikes and teaches nutritious eating habits, map-reading, and safe/complete street design concepts.

Most Compelling Community Statistic: Presidio completed 6.5 miles of on-road bikeways in 2008 – 25 percent of the total road network in one year. The designation has also helped set higher expectations for Presidio’s internal Human Relations Department to provide employee bicycle commuter incentives and hastened the early adoption of the city’s Bicycle Commuter Act.