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San Francisco Advocates “Light up the Night”

Sadly, those nights of riding home from work or happy hour in the golden evening glow are behind us. For the next several months, the sun will set before quitting time and bicycle commuters will be cruising home on darkened streets.

From Alaska to New York City, many bike-ped advocates are making sure their area cyclists stay safe — and visible.

This week, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition kicked off its ongoing “Light up the Night” program. Teaming up with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the local police department, the Bay Area organization is giving away 2,400 front white and rear red blinky lights.

“The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is proud to be a partner in helping promote safe night riding by distributing free bike lights to those who can’t afford or don’t have access to them,” Renée Rivera, Acting Executive Director of the SFBC, said in a press release this week. “Bicycle lights are a key item for safe night riding and we want everyone to use them, especially during the winter months when it gets dark earlier.”

Just the first night of the effort resulted in the distribution of hundreds of lights and bike safety brochures. But the SFBC isn’t advertising where and when its blinky ambassadors will take to the streets. According to the SFBC: “The locations are being kept under wraps in an effort to light up riders who truly need lights.”