East Bay Mayors and Elected Officials are shifting gears this year, as 13 have committed to join us on Bike to Work Day at numerous energizer stations, celebrating Bike to Work Day and thanking thousands of riders who will be showing off how bike popular the East Bay has become.
You may be lucky enough to roll through an energizer station and get handed a musette bag full of goodies from your Mayor. Click here for a map of the different rides converging to Frank Ogawa Plaza. Here’s the list of participating mayors:
- Mayor Tom Bates of Berkeley: The Berkeley Montesorri School 8:00am; North Berkeley BART energizer station 8:30am
- Mayor Jean Quan of Oakland: Pedal Pool from Eastmont Town Center to Frank Ogawa Plaza by 8:15am
- Mayor Peggy Thomsen of Albany: Welcoming riders at energizer station at Marin Ave & Ohlone Greenway
- Mayor Stephen Cassidy of San Leandro: Riding into San Leandro BART energizer station
- Mayor Tim Sbranti of Dublin:
Dublin/Pleasanton BART energizer station - Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty:
Dublin/Pleasanton BART - Mayor Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond:
San Pablo Ave/Richmond Greenway, then Richmond City Hall - Mayor John Chiang of Piedmont:
Meet at 7:30am at Piedmont City Hall to bike to the Ace Hardware Energizer Station on Grand Ave - Mayor Kurt Brinkman of Emeryville
Meet 8am, Emeryville City Hall for a ride - Mayor John Marchand of Livermore
Welcoming riders at the Downtown Livermore energizer station 
Mayor Amy Worth of Orinda
Orinda energizer station- Mayor Cindy Silva of Walnut Creek
Biking to Contra Costa Transportation Authority meeting at 9am - Mayor Daniel Helix of Concord
Welcoming riders at the Downtown Concord BART energizer station
Thank you each and every one of you for inspiring people to try a bike commute, and for helping make Bike to Work Day 2013 successful. If you don’t see your mayor listed here, give him/her a call and say “hey, why aren’t you riding on Bike to Work Day like Mayor _____ from ______ [nearby city]?”