September 27, 2025 - In March 2025, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to pass the Biking and Rolling Plan, the first update to the city’s bicycle plan in 15 years.
City surveys indicate that 29% of people bike or roll every week for commuting, shopping, and recreational or social trips; 10% of San Franciscans use a bike or other mobility device every day; 18% of respondents reported using an assisted mobility device for some of their trips; 53% of people say that they would bike or roll if the network was safer; nearly 80% of people in San Francisco would like to bike and roll for some trips.
One of the Biking and Rolling Plan’s essential goals is “Setting a North Star” for a complete, well-connected and safe biking and rolling network defined as All Ages and Abilities within a quarter mile of schools and connecting residential areas to open spaces, job centres, transit hubs, and commercial districts.
Since 2011, 60 miles of new protected or separated bikeways have been added. San Francisco’s 472-mile cycling network now boasts a total of 138 miles of bikeways that are protected or separated.
Since 2006, cycling has grown by 184% and SFMTA bike counters show a 7% increase in biking growth in 2024 compared to 2023.
Contributing to this growth are initiatives like the city’s Quick-Build projects that create high-quality bikeways which can be easily modified and/or made permanent, and saw 45% growth in average biking rates during weekday rush hours.
The city’s Safe Streets Evaluation Program found average biking increases of 42% on some project corridors and an average increase in cycling of 33% in 2023.
San Francisco’s Baywheels bikeshare has grown in popularity since the program started in 2013. There are more than 300 active bikeshare stations across the city, and in 2024 bikeshare trips grew by 29% compared to 2023, serving up more than 3 million trips.
In 2023, San Francisco was named one of the safest big cities in the United States to bike in by People for Bikes; during the same year, there were also no bicycle-related traffic fatalities on city streets.
A strong biking and rolling network supports a safe and connected transportation system and aligns with the SFMTA’s Transit First Policy, the City and County of San Francisco’s Vision Zero Policy, and San Francisco’s Climate Action Plan and its goal that 80% of trips are made on low-carbon modes by 2030.
