Comments on: Boston businesses promote cycling

By: Diego

Diego — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:58:18 +0000

My employer, Disneyland, has a very similar program to Sun Microsystem’s. We have plenty of showers and people who bike more than three times a week can have a bike locker. I think the number of bikers has increased in the last year.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:54:03 +0000

My employer provides a nice outdoor rack that is pretty much devoid of student bikes (and student foot traffic). I have taken my bike inside on occasion (without asking permission).

All staff and students can ride the local buses for free, but they don’t go near my house.

Showers are available at the student rec center – about 8 blocks away.

By: xcskimt (Robert)

xcskimt (Robert) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:10:10 +0000

My employer has showers and bike racks. I am glad to say I am seeing more and more bikes in the rack. The bike racks are right next to the executive parking and so the bikes are secured via private security. It would be nice to have a compensation compared to other employers in the area they are far better. We also have weight room and aerobic room with afternoon instructors.

By: Franky

Franky — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:52:44 +0000

Sink and handicapped stall are the extend of our facilities, but I’m also the only one commuting by bike once in a while (my weak butt can’t do the 30 miles each way all the time). Recently the town required all businesses to install a bike rack, even though I’ve NEVER seen anybody riding a bike besides me around here!
I don’t blame my fellow coworker though since you got to be fearless and partially suicidal to bike in this area and generally in New Jersey. I’m surprised myself that I’m still alive!!!!

By: John

John — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:14:26 +0000

Indoor storage, showers, guraanteed ride home program, I have it all at work. The building has just over 800 employees, and two bike commuters.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:38:59 +0000

My employer “provides space” by default. I park my bike in an unoccupied corner of our office. We don’t have a shower, so during the summer it’s the “bathroom washup” before work on the hottest days. My commute is short, though, so there are fewer stinky days than might otherwise be the case.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:28:45 +0000

Some buildings on campus have storage areas that have been taken over by bike commuters, at other buildings people just bring their bikes into their offices. University wide, we have no “official” indoor bike storage. The administration is talking about bike lockers and more bike racks, we’ll see what comes of that. I happen to be lucky and work in a building that had active faculty and staff involved when the building was constructed. They demanded a shower be installed, but very few buildings have this luxury. We have no cash incentives for biking, although, the University participates in a rapid transit program, so anyone with a valid ID can ride for free on the buses, statewide. All the buses have two bike racks, but they are frequently full.

People that carpool get two guaranteed rides home, via taxi, per year. The bike commuter population is leaning on the administration to extend this benefit to active bike commuters, the bus just doesn’t always go where I’m going or is able to rescue me should I have a serious bike failure.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:50:28 +0000

By intra-campus shuttle I meant the buses that shuttle between the different campuses we have throughout the Bay Area. Well, all two and half of the campuses that remain, anyway.

I made note of the bus bridge service as an additional benefit you guys have up in Redmond.

By: Tommy Williams

Tommy Williams — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:41:43 +0000

One other thing: we get free bus passes as well to use on any of the region’s transit buses. They’re intended for use to get to and from work but they can be used on any of the buses, any time. It’s a nice incentive as well and most (maybe all, now?) of the King County buses have the two-bike or three-bike racks on the front.

By: Tommy Williams

Tommy Williams — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:40:19 +0000

About the bus bridges: yes, there are shuttles that carry 12-bike trailers that run across 520 each morning and evening, and there is a new program for buses that cover the region (to serve areas that aren’t adequately served by the metro King County transit system) and they can carry buses, too.

I was referring to the intra-campus shuttles you mentioned which I took to mean the shuttle buses that run from building-to-building inside the main campus rather than buses that run from areas throughout the region *to* campus. The inside-the-campus shuttle system does not have provisions for carrying bikes.