FOUR WAYS PROTECTED BIKE LANES BENEFIT BUSINESSES
-> According to a Sept. 19th StreetsBlog article, "The question isn't whether your city can afford to build high-quality bike infrastructure anymore, say our friends at the Green Lane Project. It's whether your city can afford not to. The Green Lane Project has been working with the Alliance for Biking and Walking on a study examining the different ways protected bike lanes help local businesses. Blogger Michael Andersen classifies the economic benefits into four basic categories:
Protected bike lanes increase retail visibility and volume...
Protected bike lanes make workers healthier and more productive...
Protected bike lanes make real estate more desirable...
Protected bike lanes help companies score talented workers..."
Source: <a href="http://bit.ly/19CZEkx">http://bit.ly/19CZEkx</a>;
from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.