The annual Bike to Work Day in the D.C. region takes place Friday, May 19. The Metropolitan Council of Government’s Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association are co-organizers of the event in our region. Nationally, Bike to Work Day takes place on the third Friday of May each year.
The county’s transportation department, a member of Commuter Connections, encourages residents to participate to promote bicycling as a clean, fun, and healthy way to get to work.
For residents who do not have a bike, but want to participate, Capital Bikeshare is offering unlimited 45-minute classic rides, and discounts on e-bikes, for the event with the code. Riders need to use the code CABI23BTWD. On Friday, participants can go to “Ride Plans” in the Bikeshare app, tap “Day Pass” and enter the code.
More than 100 pit stops will be set up across the region – 14 in Montgomery County. Here is a map of pit stops.
Bikers may register at www.biketoworkmetrodc.org. All registrants will be entered into a regional bicycle raffle, and the first 15,000 to register and attend at a pit stop will receive a free T-shirt and be entered into a raffle to win a new bike.
The county’s transportation department sponsors seven pit stops, where there will be refreshments, music, and local vendor displays. There will be free raffle prizes throughout the morning and a grand prize raffle of a new bike at each county-sponsored pit stop. Teleworkers and leisure riders are encouraged to participate.
There are many benefits to bicycling to work. It's healthy, quiet, clean, economical and fun way to get to work. #DYK thousands of DC area #commuters #biketowork every day. @BikeToWorkDay is a great day to give it a try!
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— MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) May 14, 2023
Pit stops in Montgomery County
Bethesda – Downtown (county sponsored)
Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues (near Capital Crescent Trail)
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
FDA Historic Building #1 (in the circle) entrance off New Hampshire Avenue and Mahan Road
Open from 7 to 9 a.m.
Friendship Heights (county sponsored)
The Shops at Wisconsin Place
Wisconsin & Western Avenues, Chevy Chase
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
Corner of Great Seneca Highway and Orchard Ridge Drive/Kentlands Boulevard
Open from 7 to 9 a.m.
Gaithersburg – Olde Towne Plaza (Afternoon)
Gaithersburg – Olde Towne Plaza
1 S. Summit Avenue
Open from 4 to 6 p.m.
National Institutes of Health Building 1
In front of Building One
1 Center Drive, Betheseda
Open from 7 to 9:30 a.m.
North Bethesda at Pike & Rose (county sponsored)
West of 935 Prose Street (next to Bark Social)
Open from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m.
Rockville Fallsgrove at Thomas Farm Community Center (county sponsored)
700 Falls Grove Drive
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
Rockville Town Square at Dawson’s Market (county sponsored)
Dawson’s Market
225 N. Washington Street
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
5635 Fishers Lane
Open from 7 to 9 a.m.
Silver Spring – Downtown at Veterans Plaza (county sponsored)
Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
Downtown Wheaton at Marian Fryer Town Plaza (county sponsored)
2424 Reedie Drive (next to the Wheaton Metro)
Open from 7 to 9 a.m.
Takoma Park – Downtown/Old Takoma
Takoma Urban Park (Gazebo)
7035 Carroll Avenue
Open from 6:30 to 9 a.m.
Takoma Park – Sligo Creek Trail
Sligo Creek Trail, at New Hampshire Avenue
Open from 7 to 9:30 a.m.
