We provide free secure Bike Valet parking at events countywide, encouraging more people to ride instead of drive: a healthier win for the community and planet!

What is Bike Valet?

Bike Valet parking is a complimentary service at events, festivals or performances where patrons can leave their bikes in a secure space where they are parked and watched by dedicated MOVE staff and volunteers while enjoying the event. It’s a great opportunity for event organizers to support active and sustainable transportation by encouraging more bicycle, skateboard, scooter and other wheeled device riding, reduce automobile parking demand, and better the environment with less motor vehicle emissions. Event organizers pay a reasonable operational fee to MOVE while eventgoers enjoy the Bike Valet parking service for free.

Why include Bike Valet parking at your event?

Providing free Bike Valet can increase local attendance, reduce your automobile parking needs and footprint, and communicate to your attendee audience that you support environmental sustainability and healthier transportation options. It encourages more people to ride or roll instead of drive and supports your patrons who already do.

Want to offer Bike Valet parking at your next event?

In the last decade, we’ve parked over 12,000 bikes and we’ve gotten every one of those bikes back to their owners, safe and secure. Event organizers provide a fenced space and MOVE staff provide the bike racks, signage, valet tickets, and coordinate all volunteers. If you’d like to include Bike Valet parking service at your next event, contact our Bike Valet Coordinator, Tom Kolbeck, at Tom@MoveSBCounty.org.

Want to help as a Bike Valet volunteer?

As a bike valet, you will be an ambassador of MOVE and our mission to provide community-wide access to safe and equitable transportation. Volunteers set up and take down bike racks, park, watch, retrieve and return bikes during the event. Volunteering is fun, easy and fulfilling, and often allows you admission access to attend portions of events. We provide Bike Valet parking service at events throughout the county, including at the Santa Barbara Bowl*. To get on our volunteer list, sign up on our Volunteer webpage.

*Note: Volunteering to valet bikes at the S.B. Bowl is an exclusive opportunity open only to MOVE members who make a recurring donation of $40 or more. Not yet a member? Visit our Donate webpage and check the box to ‘Make this a recurring contribution’.