Tijuana’s longest-running community cycling event, Tijuaneando en Bici, will celebrate its 16th edition on May 21 with a night ride, a social gathering, and a bicycle parts swap meet in the city’s Zona Centro.
The evening ride departs at 6:30 p.m. from Casillas Bikes shop on Calle Cuarta (Salvador Díaz Mirón) No. 7142, near Avenida Cristóbal Colón. After the ride loops through the city center, cyclists will gather at Parque de la 8, at the corner of Calle 8 and Avenida Constitución, for a picnic, short film screenings, and a bike parts swap.
Morning Bike Count at El Chaparral
The day’s activities begin earlier at the plaza south of the El Chaparral border crossing. There, Tijuana’s Instituto Municipal de Participación Ciudadana (IMPAC) and the Alianza por la Movilidad Activa (AMA) will set up a station to count bicycle commuters using methodology from ITDP Mexico, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. Participants at the morning station will receive free items from the Bike Anywhere program, including T-shirts, cycling maps of the Tijuana-San Diego region’s bike infrastructure, coffee from IMPAC, and snacks.
A Cross-Border Cycling Tradition
Tijuaneando en Bici launched in 2011 as a binational event timed to coincide with the United States’ National Bike to Work Day. The event is coordinated with SANDAG (the San Diego Association of Governments) and local government agencies, including Tijuana’s municipal planning institute IMPLAN. Daniel Gómez, a key organizer, has called the event one of the most established active mobility gatherings in the Tijuana-San Diego border region.
AMA, the nonprofit behind the event, has organized it alongside civil society groups and municipal authorities since its founding. The event is free and open to all ages. No registration is required.
For cyclists crossing from San Diego, the El Chaparral area is steps from the pedestrian border crossing, making the morning count station easy to reach on foot or by bike.
Details were first reported by Semanario Zeta.