The 2025 Washington Area Bicyclist Association Bike to Work Day is scheduled for Thursday, May 15. The event is FREE.
A week out, the forecast looks good – 68 in the morning, 85 for a high in the afternoon.
New day of the week for an annual tradition
Throughout the D.C. area, there will be pitstops in the morning and afternoon giving out swag like bike bells, water bottles, maps and snacks. If you pick the right stop, you might even get a quick tune-up. Plus, if you are one of the first 20,000 to register, you get a t-shirt.
I have been a pretty regular BTWD participant since 2017, even in years when I had no work to bike too. In Alexandria, the previous mayor regularly up at John Carlyle Square and other stops. One year, 2022, I think, I talked at to him about how the Holmes Run Trail is never whole, though we’re getting closer.1
This year will be my seventh BTWD. The event was created by The League of American Bicyclists in 1956. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association‘s first BTWD was 2001. Over 10,000 cyclists are participate annually.
This year’s t-shirt is red.2 Other recent colors are raspberry, pink, yellow, light blue, green and purple. Why can’t we ever get navy blue?
Register
BTWD registration is open now with pit stops in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland. It’s rain or shine, so hopefully it’ll be shine.