Never leave your bike unlocked, even for a minute. A thief can grab your bike in seconds. Lock all parts of your bike, including both tires and removable seats.

Lock your bike to something permanent, such as a bicycle rack or metal fence post.

Park in open areas where numbers of people pass by, and a bicycle thief could be easily spotted.

Look for thick, immovable bicycle racks installed outside of many buildings. Some building owners and local governments provide ribbon-shaped racks and inverted U-shaped racks, which are very secure places to park your bike. Some stores and buildings allow bikes inside, if only for a short time. When parking indoors, lock your bike securely.

In San Francisco, all City-owned and privately-owned garages that rent auto space to the public are required to provide bicycle parking.

Listed below are links to local governments that provide online information on bicycle parking in downtown garages and buildings. (If you know of others, please let us know.)

• Alameda
  Bicycle parking at the Civic Center Parking Structure at Central Avenue and Oak Street
• Berkeley
• Contra Costa County
• Oakland
• San Francisco

Attended (or valet) bicycle parking is available at the following locations:

• Ashby BART
• Embarcadero BART
• Downtown Berkeley BART
• Fruitvale BART
• Palo Alto Caltrain
• San Francisco Caltrain

Please click here for a full list of bicycle parking options at transit stations.

There are many other events that also provide attended bike parking. Click on a location below for a full list of events that will have valet bike parking.

• Alameda County
• Albany
• San Francisco
  In addition to the full list at this link, valet bike parking is also available at all San Francisco Giants home games at AT&T Park as well as some Cal Bears games.
  (NOTE: Valet bike parking at the Ferry Building during farmers’ markets has been discontinued).
• Marin County
  
• Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
  This links to the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition's event calendar which shows events with valet bike parking, in addition to other events. (NOTE: Valet bike parking is available at all Stanford home football games and is included on this calendar.)