What are you doing after work today? Why not head on over one of six locations around the city between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM and get a brand new light put on your bike, courtesy of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency? And this is just in time, as the loss of Daylight Savings Time this weekend will put a lot of bike commuters into the dark on the way home.

Anybody can get a light, even this guy. But there's a catch -- you have to show up with your bike. So, see you at the following locations this afternoon:

• Upper Market: Market St. at Duboce
• SOMA: Howard St. at 8th
• Western Addition: McAllister at Webster (Ella Hutch Comm. Ctr.)
• Mission (2): Valencia St. at 17th; Valencia St. at Cesar Chavez
• Upper Polk: Polk St. at California

Details after the jump. Stay safe!

Daylight Savings to Shroud City in Darkness

SFBC and MTA “Light Up The Night” with Free Bike Light Give-Away Thursday

Over 1,500 free bicycle lights to be distributed at six neighborhood
locations to increase visibility and safety of SF bicyclists

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and the Municipal Transportation Agency have teamed up to increase the safety of evening bicyclists with Thursday night’s “Light Up The Night” Free Bike Light Give-Away. Over 1,500 bicycle lights will be distributed to commuters, students and other riders across the City.

With Daylight Savings ending this Saturday and city streets darkening one hour earlier, the SFBC and MTA want all cyclists to “Light Up The Night” and be visible and safe when riding in the evening.

“As more and more San Franciscans choose to ride bicycles for transportation, we want to make sure that cyclists are safe and visible at night,” says Rachel Kraai, SFBC Projects Manager. The latest citywide bicycle counts by MTA show that bicycle ridership in San Francisco has increased 12% over the past year.

From 5pm to 7pm Thursday, November 1, over fifty SFBC volunteers will hand out and install the lights at six “Light Up The Night” stations located along popular, neighborhood bike routes. The free lights and outreach will call to cyclists’ attention the safety benefits of being visible while riding at night.

The SFBC and MTA encourage all cyclists who do not have lights to stop by a “Light Up The Night” station tonight and get illuminated. Riders must have their bike with them to get a light.

The six “Light Up The Night” stations will be at:

• Upper Market: Market St. at Duboce
• SOMA: Howard St. at 8th
• Western Addition: McAllister St. at Webster (Ella Hill Hutch Community Center.)
• Mission (2): Valencia St. at 17th; Valencia St. at Cesar Chavez
• Upper Polk: Polk St. at California