Bicycle Friendly Business

Landry's Bicycles | Gold Level

Business Highlights: Landry’s Bicycles boasts 65 percent employee commutership. The company provides employees with showers, changing facilities, discounts on bikes and accessories, secure bike parking, discounted gym memberships, and an in-house bike loan program. In addition to helping promote local bike safety classes, Landry’s trains all company drivers on how to safely operate a vehicle around cyclists. The company website has an abundance of information including an on-line bicycling event calendar, rules of the road for cyclists, information on bicycling skills classes, and more. Landry’s Bicycles supports local, state, and national bicycle advocacy organizations. Tthe company has sold over 2200 memberships for MassBike and NEMBA (New England Mountain Bike Association), a result of over $65,000 in support. Landry’s marketing department regularly hosts meetings on bikes to promote collaboration between local business and advocates.

Most Compelling Bike Related Statistics: Two-thirds of Landry's staff bike-commute to/from work on a regular basis. There are weekly club rides from each of the four locations, April thru September. Landry’s provides complimentary tech support for 36 off-site local cycling events in their community (charity rides, races, Bike to Work festivals) with 96 Landry's staff appearances in 2009. They also host numerous bike-social events for the greater cycling community in Landry's stores throughout the year.

Most Compelling Bike Related Accomplishment: Landry's encourages commuting by offering staff the Bicycle Commuter Benefit. Two-thirds of Landry's staff participate in this program.

Benefit of Being a Bike Friendly Business: With so many Landry's employees bike-commuting, they truly are walking (or riding) the talk -- and setting examples for their customers and the wider community that bicycling is a practical, elegant, and efficient way to get around. One Landry's staff person credits his considerable weight loss this year to bike-commuting 35-miles round trip each day to work at Landry's. He now competes in mtn-bike and cyclocross races. Landry's has been proud of the Bicycle Friendly Business award, and continues to promote better bicycling and bike-commuting