Bicycle Friendly Business

Resources

The BFB Resources page was developed to equip the applicant with some fundamental information to assist in the application process.

This page is divided into four sections to coincide with the on-line application and provides good examples of programs, policies, and projects from around the country.

Program staff is also available and eager to assist you, please email bfa@bikeleague.org or call 202.822.1333.

Engineering

• Consult APBP's Bike parking guidelines to provide a safe place for employees and customers to park their bike.

• Click here for a list of bike parking manufacturers.

• A thorough review of bike parking costs and considerations

• Bike parking in parking garages - Best Practice on access/egress issues,  a study from Cincinnati

• Read about Humana's successful bike share program - Freewheelin'.

• Read an account from a San Fransisco Bicycling Coalition member on Bike Parking and Incentives.

• Read about Bcycle, an innovative bike share program.

• A study on the Economic Value of Active Transportation.

• A study of the economic impact on local business when adding bike lanes to a commercial area.

Education

• Resouces for teaching bike safety.

• Brochures and video clips to download on bike safety.

• Downloadable confident cycling presentations and scripts.

• Bicycling Handbook for Employers.

• Employer and employee handbooks from WCOG.

• Why employees should ride to work, click here.

• Employers Commuter Guide.

• Bicycle Commuter Mentor Program in Charlotte, NC.

• Information on Spokane, WA's Bike Buddy Program.

Encouragement

• QBP study on the benefits of bicycling.

• The health risks and benefits of cycling in urban
  environments compared with car use: health impact
  assessment study. Click here.

• Are you a Twin Cities business? Find out how you can become part of the ZAP program, an innovative encouragement and tracking system that can save you money and provide incentive to your employees. Click here.

• Federal Government Guide to Encouraging Bicycling in DC Area Agencies

• Information on the Bicycle Commuter Benefit.

• Do the Health Benefits of Bicycling Outweigh Risks?, a study from the National Institutes of Health

• The Association Between Commuter Cycling and Sickness Absence, an abstract from National Institutes of Health

• Example of Meredith Corporation's Bicycle Commuter Benefit Guidelines.

• Example of Meredith Corporation's Employee Commuter Tracking Log.

• A list of businesses that offer the Bicycle Commuter Benefit.

• As an employer there are many ways you can support and promote safe cycling.

• Promote cycling by offering incentives such as Bike Bucks (National Institute of Health Program).

• Establish a commuter challenge to your employees. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) promotes the Cool Commute Competition.

• Employer and employee guides for bicycling to work.

• More resources for encouraging employees to bike to work.

• Information on Bike Month and Bike to Work Day.

• Commuter Connections, a Washington DC area Bike to Work Day resource and more.

• Promote the People for Bikes pledge for employees to sign: http://www.peopleforbikes.org

Evaluation

• Examples of successful workplace programs.

• Specialized Inc.'s case study - a great example of growing a bicycle friendly workplace.