Poll results: Workplace bicycle-friendliness in Northeast Ohio

Century Cycles conducted an online poll last month to ask Northeast Ohio bicyclists "What would make your workplace more bicycling-friendly?" The overwhelming response: We need it all!

Showers/changing areas (29%), bike racks/storage (12%), wellness incentives (7%) and bike to work programs (2%) all got their share of votes, but a whopping 50% voted for "all of the above."

Where can a workplace go for help? The League of American Bicyclists has a Bicycle Friendly Business program that helps employers rate and improve their bicycle-friendliness, even offering a Bicycle Friendly Blueprint.

Where can a bike commuter go for help? Century Cycles has an online article, 5 Tips: Commuting by Bicycle (http://bit.ly/l0cXjf), with extensive information for bicyclists of all skill levels, including links to more articles and resources. Century Cycles’ staff at their stores in Medina, Peninsula and Rocky River – who are seeing an increase in customers expressing a desire to use their bicycle for transportation to school, errands and work – can also offer personal assistance seven days a week with insights on everything from essential gear to route-mapping.