… a project for the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (read a PDF of the draft report here) … surveyed 1,884 people walking out of area convenience stores, restaurants and bars, and another 19,653 who’d just done their supermarket shopping. Some of the results are unsurprising: Drivers still make up a plurality of customers to all of these businesses. And, with greater trunk capacity, they far outspend people who travel to the grocery store by foot, bike or transit.

But for all of the other business types examined, bikers actually out-consumed drivers over the course of a month. True, they often spent less per visit. But cyclists and pedestrians in particular made more frequent trips (by their own estimation) to these restaurants, bars and convenience stores, and those receipts added up.

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Helping to create bike-friendly businesses.

Details:

When: Saturday, December 8th from 5:00-7:00pm.
Where: Harvest Community Foods, 243 Union Street.

Bike-N-Business (BNB) is working on developing customized innovative solutions for businesses to partake and benefit from the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan, specifically around green transportation. In partnership with business Harvest Community Foods, BNB will be showcasing these cost-effective cycling-focused amenities at an open-house event on December 8th, 2012. This event is hoped to encourage and inspire other businesses to participate in the Greenest City Action Plan. Please join us for some free food and drinks and the celebration of bike-friendly businesses in Vancouver.