City of San Francisco

Bicycle Parking Racks

Geographic locations of bicycle parking racks installed by the SFMTA across San Francisco include racks on sidewalks, in on-street bicycle corrals, city-owned garages, and parklets, while excluding those on private property. Each record details the rack's geographic coordinates, installation date, capacity, and type.

Example records
NamebrandStreet AddressaddressObjectididentifierStreetaddressPlacementclassificationRacksquantitySpacesquantityGlobalididentifierInstall YeartemporalInstall MotemporalLatgeospatialLongeospatial
Sweetgreen171 Second street12720Second streetSIDEWALK2420191237.78710689-122.39865379
Emmy's Spaghetti Shack3230 MISSION ST12041MISSIONSIDEWALK242015737.744958-122.420303
Brown Owl Coffee1131 TARAVAL ST9079TARAVALSIDEWALK122011637.742763-122.478553
Use cases

Foot Traffic Proxy for Retail Site Selection

A commercial real estate analyst evaluating storefronts in San Francisco uses bicycle rack density and capacity near candidate addresses as a proxy for pedestrian and cyclist foot traffic, helping estimate daytime activity levels in neighborhoods where traditional foot traffic data is sparse.

Street AddressSpacesRacksAnalysis NeighborhoodLat

Cycling Infrastructure Growth for Micro-Mobility Underwriting

An insurance underwriter pricing a commercial policy for a bike-share or e-scooter operator assesses how aggressively a city has expanded cycling infrastructure over time, using installation year trends by neighborhood to gauge municipal commitment and estimate future liability exposure.

Install YearInstall MoAnalysis NeighborhoodSpacesPlacement

Business Amenity Verification for KYB Enrichment

A fintech platform onboarding small business merchants cross-references a business name and street address against public infrastructure records to confirm physical presence at a claimed location, using nearby city-installed amenities as a corroborating signal that the address is a real, active commercial site.

NameStreet AddressLatLonInstall Year