BFB SILVER
BFB SILVER
PALO ALTO BICYCLES
PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTERS
Type of Business: Sales/Retail Web site: paloaltobicycles.com Phone: 650.328.7411 Employees: 18 Location: Palo Alto, CA BFB Since: 2009
Type of Business: Hospital Web site: providence.org/ppmc Phone: 503.215.5169 Employees: 2,700 Location: Portland, OR BFB Since: 2009
new Business Highlights: Palo Alto Bicycles incorporates bicycling into its work and community life. They have major Bike to Work Day celebrations; generously support local, state, and national bike advocacy efforts; make the Commuter Tax Benefit available to employee commuters; and have a company fleet of bicycles onhand for employee use. Additionaly, they offer employees showers, bike storage and assistance with mass transit costs – all things that support bicycling and not driving.
new Business Highlights: Providence Portland Medical Center (PPMC) is located along a well connected grid of bike accommodating streets with easy access to bike-friendly bus and commuter train lines. PPMC employees are provided year-round transit passes that encourage combined bike-transit commutes. On campus there are three secure and covered employee bike cages for long term bike storage and 15 public bike racks at building entrances. A monthly E-newsletter is available that chronicles on-campus bike issues, local cycling events, rides, races and social events. The newsletter also provides links to educational material that promotes safe cycling, alternative transportation, and effective land-use planning. PPMC also educates employees with Confident Cycling commuter workshops.
Most Compelling Bike Related Statistic: More than 85 percent of the staff commute by bicycle at least four days out of a five-day work week. Most Compelling Bike Related Accomplishment: This business is active in the community and a generous supporter of bicycle advocacy. With the help of Palo Alto Bicycles a Freiker program was launched at a local elementary school. For the next four months the schools ranking teetered back and forth from number one to number two in a national school ranking for bike trips!
Most Compelling Bike Related Statistic: Bike data collected at PPMC has been presented to the City of Portland Department of Transportation and at alternative transportation conferences. For two connsecutive years the number of day-shift bike commutes has averaged more than 52 bikes in public racks and employee cages on campus, daily, for the months of June through September. Most Compelling Bike Related Accomplishment: PPMC employees volunteered one night at the Community Cycling Center, a local non-profit that provides refurbished bikes to graduates of their Make a Bike Commuter program. PPMC employees cleaned and repaired bikes that were given away at Christmas. Employees also participated in the organization of a bike collection that provided the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition with more than 100 donated used bikes. Providence remains the title sponsor of the annual Providence Bridge Pedal, one of the largest community cycling events in country.
For more info: www.bikeleague.org
American Bicyclist — Bicycle Friendly America 2010
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