– Bike News and Views –

You want a productive, happy workforce? Let them sweat“, by Emily Munroe, on the 8 80 Cities blog. (August 21, 2015) The idea behind Bicycle Friendly Businesses is that these employers encourage and enable their employees to use active transportation methods to get to work. This means encouraging bicycling, walking, and mass transit (which often includes a bit of a walk on either end).

A 133-Billion-Pound Problem: How Bikes Are Fixing Denver’s Food Desert Issue, by Maranda Bodas, in 303 Magazine. (August 26, 2015). Denver Food Rescue has been using innovative solutions to meet the food needs of many impoverished Denverites. One of those innovation solutions includes using bicycles, which were found to be the most efficient, lowest cost solution to the problem of delivering fresh food to people living in food deserts.