Five reasons to support cycling in the workplace
Cycling to work can bring plenty of benefits for both employees and businesses. But encouraging more people to get on their bikes starts with having the right facilities in place.
From supporting wellbeing and reducing pressure on parking to helping cut emissions, there are lots of good reasons (five to be precise) to make cycling an easier option for your team.
1. Improve employee wellbeing
Cycling to work is a simple way to build more movement into the working day. It can help improve fitness, support mental wellbeing and give employees an active start and finish to their day.
Making cycling easier for your team gives employees another option for their commute and helps them put the building blocks in place to make everyday healthy habits that bit more achievable.
2. Cut your carbon footprint
One journey might feel small but those regular trips can soon add up to build a bigger emission output. More journeys by bike means fewer journeys by car, and by encouraging employees to cycle can help reduce transport emissions and support a more sustainable approach to workplace travel.
3. Reduce parking demand
Car parking space is often at a premium and by encouraging the more people to cycle, the less pressure there can be on workplace parking. But this all relies on cyclists needing somewhere secure and convenient to leave their bikes when they arrive. Providing good cycle storage can help make leaving the car at home a much easier choice and may see the end of the car space battles.
4. Promote active travel
If you want more people to cycle, you need to make it easy for them to do it and having the right facilities in place, can remove some of the practical barriers that stop people travelling by bike. Secure cycle storage gives employees confidence that there’s somewhere suitable to leave their bike, helping make active travel a realistic everyday option rather than just a nice idea.
5. Support your sustainability goals
Sustainability targets need practical action behind them. Investing in cycling infrastructure is one way to turn those commitments into something employees can actually use every day.
By making lower-carbon journeys easier, businesses can support their wider environmental goals while creating a workplace that works better for people who want to travel by bike.
Ready to support cycling in your workplace?
Making cycling easier doesn’t need to be complicated. Secure, easy-to-use cycle storage can make a big difference to empowering people to choose cycling for their work commute and our VeloBoxes and VeloBox Mini provide workplaces with a secure and practical way to support active travel.
