Jennifer writes “You go, roadies!” as she points me to this story at NPR about bike commuters at National Geographic in Washington DC. The bicycling culture there starts at the very top, where CEO John Fahey invites staffers along for his daily lunch ride along the Potomac River and makes a point of chatting with everybody.
At National Geographic — which is a hub of outdoorsy, adventure-seeking types who think nothing of biking busy city streets — lots of the staffers who join Fahey for the lunchtime rides also use their bikes to get to and from work every day.
“I’ve been riding in for 19 years,” says senior photo editor Dan Westergren. His commute is a combined 12 miles to and from home. And he says, given all the biking he does, he doesn’t need a gym membership to stay fit.
“Really, to build it into your daily routine by commuting for me has just been the best thing,” he says.
It’s a cool story. Read more (or listen online) at NPR: Switching Gears: More Commuters Bike To Work.
See also:
- 9% of Boulder commuters commute by bike
- Bay Area bike commuters
- Japanese interest in American bike commuters
- USA National Bike Summit tweeters
