Hayward is changing rapidly with 4 miles of separated bikeways already completed plus more on the way (including the East Bay Greenway!), and a burgeoning local advocacy organization called Bike Hayward.
In 2025 and beyond, there will be free bike vouchers, bike repair popups, community bike rides, advocacy trainings, opportunities to provide feedback on the East Bay Greenway, and bike safety classes.
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join us at Kickstand kickback
Join Bike East Bay and Bike Hayward for our winter gathering at The Dirty Bird Lounge in Hayward. Meet new friends in your biking community and enjoy some snacks provided by Bike East Bay. Drinks and additional food are available for purchase.
Kids are welcome at the venue until 7:30pm, so feel free to bring them or a friend. Hope to see you there!
📅 Thursday, December 4, 6-8pm
📍 The Dirty Bird Lounge (926 B St, Hayward, CA)
Hayward Bike Rack
Inventory Project
Free Bikes
The City of Hayward has secured funding to enable a citywide bicycle giveaway, called Hayward Rides, consisting of 1500+ new bikes to qualified individuals. To place a request for a free bike, you may fill out this survey available in English, and Spanish and Chinese.
Hayward Rides is a program designed to provide residents with access to free bicycles, helping to make cycling a more accessible, affordable, and sustainable transportation option. It is one of the largest municipal bike programs in the country!
The program aims to support residents and youth, especially those in disadvantaged and low-income communities, by providing bicycles and essential safety equipment. This program aims to promote healthy and sustainable transportation habits and foster a vibrant cycling community.
Check out the Hayward Rides page for more info.
Apply for a Free Bike Education Class or Bike Valet
We have funding through the City of Hayward and the California Air Resources Board to offer free bike education classes and bike valet in Hayward through the end of 2026!
Is your organization interested in a free bike education class or bike valet at a community event?
Better Bikeways
The city has already completed 4 miles of separated bikeways via 7 projects, mostly incorporated into routine paving, and has major infrastructure projects planned including the East Bay Greenway, San Lorenzo Creek Trail, and the Eden Greenway. We will be celebrating bikeway grand openings, such as a raised cycletrack on Mission Blvd.
Visit our East Bay Greenway page for a full map and in depth info.
When fully completed, the East Bay Greenway will be a 30-mile facility connecting from Oakland to Fremont via a series of continuous low-stress bike facilities, primarily trails and protected bikeways. Bike East Bay is advocating for this as one of our major campaigns, with Hayward as a key community.
More progress: New separated bikeways on Winton/D St & on Industrial Pkwy were installed through routine paving projects, along with a number of other painted bike lane upgrades! Paving projects can be the fastest and cheapest way to improve street safety. We appreciate the city staff that made this happen!
Group Rides
We are building community by hosting five no-drop group rides across Hayward in 2025 and 2026. Check out our ride series page for future dates.
And join Bike Hayward for their Wayward in Hayward social rides happening every 3rd Wednesday of the month starting at City Hall Plaza. Rides are typically an hour of flat, social cycling with a final stop at a restaurant, bar, or park.
Free BIKE REPAIR
@ South Hayward Market
Green mobility ambassador Hayward 2025 series
The public process for transportation infrastructure projects, plans, and policies can seem complex and daunting. Via this program participants gained information and strategies to navigate this process and be effective advocates.
Bike East Bay has developed an innovative training program for our local partners called Green Mobility Ambassadors (GMAs). These trainings prepare individuals to engage in their own advocacy and education on transportation and accessibility projects and programs.
campaign events
Join us at Bike voucher giveaways, ribbon cuttings, rides, bike repair popups, and workshops as part of our Green Mobility Ambassadors training, to celebrate and advocate for a more people-friendly Hayward.
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ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
The Hayward on Two Wheels program is made possible with generous financial support from individual donors, People For Bikes’ Local Investment Program, Eden Youth, the Hayward Rides program, and Bike Hayward.
Campaign Updates
South Hayward Green Mobility Ambassadors 2025 Wrap Up
We partnered with Hayward-based non-profit Eden Youth to host a bilingual, 4-part “Green Mobility Ambassadors” (GMA) advocacy training series covering topics like bike infrastructure basics, a short history of urban
San Pablo Avenue Campaign Update, October 2025
Some progress, a few setbacks, and many ways for you to get involved!
Tragedies and Appeals for Change in Antioch and Hayward
Advocates renew calls for street safety interventions after the deaths of bike riders in Antioch and Hayward.
2024 East Bay Separated Bikeways Roundup
2024 was a record year for East Bay separated bikeways construction!
East Bay Greenway Updates: Oakland, Hayward, and Fremont
Read about planning, funding, and construction progress on our visionary East Bay Greenway campaign from Oakland to Fremont.
Fall 2023 East Bay Protected Bikeways Roundup
Protected bike lanes are popping up all over the East Bay this year! Here is an update on some that are completed or under construction as of this month.