Like Biking?

SLO is the place to go!

As a bicycle-friendly community, the City of San Luis Obispo is leaving a positive footprint on the environment by encouraging commuters to shift from motor vehicles to bicycles, reducing the number of vehicle trips and miles traveled in the community, reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality. Cycling also raises your heart rate, gets the blood pumping, and burns calories too. Bicyclists share streets with motorists, and sufficient space will be reserved for their passage. For tourists and residents alike, the careful location and design of off-street paths allow them to appreciate unique community features. Once at their destinations, bicyclists will find convenient and secure places to park. SLO was designated a Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists in 2007 and was recognized at a GOLD level in 2015. This is largely in part to its extensive bicycle network which includes over 75 miles of bike paths, bike lanes, and on-street facilities as well as over 150 secured bicycle parking spaces. It also reported that cycling traffic after the pandemic began in 2020 increased by 50% from the same time the previous year in New York City and that several metro areas modified traffic patterns and opened more miles of roads to accommodate bikers and pedestrians.

As far as landscapes go, the bike trails in San Luis Obispo offer a little bit of everything, from volcanic plugs to city scapes.

For information and selecting a bike path for you check out: www.komoot.com/guide/1939196/ cycling-around-san-luis-obispo