What a treat — a group of students from a nearby school visited the busy Quebec / Terminal BtWW station this morning. Apparently, it’s a regular class thing to take an hour’s bike ride..
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Pete Fry (Green Party candidate for Vancouver City Council) dropped by, on his way to an interview with Pete McMartin of the Vancouver Sun. Apparently, Mr. Fry and his family live a car-free life. He does look right at home on his bike.
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Here’s another side to the Bike to Work Week story. It describes a business that supports people riding bikes to work, and explores the health benefits:
Hootsuite Paves Way for Startup Culture of Biking to Work in Vancouver – Techvibes.com
“Our demographic is young, active and socially conscious and I think those things all come together to make a great fit,” Simon Stanlake, Hootsuite’s vice president of technology, told Khoshnevis.
A culture this naturally embedded can only start at the top. Hootsuite and cycling is no exception. Founder and chief executive officer Ryan Holmes is an avid cyclist himself. In fact, Holmes rode in the UBC Grand Prix in 2012 and clocked one of the fastest lap times.
“Cycling to work is encouraged at Hootsuite, and it shows,” Holmes told Techvibes this week. “Our secured bike-parking space is packed with hundreds of bikes every day.”
But why, exactly? After all, it’s not like Hootsuite’s growth is affected by whether its employees bike or drive to work. Or is it? Holmes suggests that active staff members may perform better at work.
