Bicycle Friendly Business

Whatcom Council of Governments | Silver Level

Business Highlights: Whatcom Council of Governments (WCOG) provides locker rooms, discounted gym memberships, and bicycle maintenance supplies to all employees. There is ample bike parking for their employees and guests, which gets heavy use since 42 percent of the staff commutes to work by bike more than twice a week.  Bicycle safety classes are offered on a monthly basis and the business recently purchased a six foot long, 300 lb capacity cargo trailer for staff use. The business encourages employees to use the Smart Trips on-line diary, which includes individually-tailored encouragement, calculation of reduced emissions, and money saved. The program also promotes bicycling for all types of trips, not just commutes, to view and use the program go to whatcomsmarttrips.org.

Most Compelling Statistic: Nearly half of WCOG staff regularly commute by bicycle, and 75 percent of the 12 full-time employees regularly make Smart Trips.