The second annual Bicycle Friendly Business Awards are presented by Transportation Alternatives and the NYC Department of Transportation. Whether you are a customer, employee or a business owner, we encourage you to apply for one of the two awards listed below. Recipients will be announced at a ceremony this December.

Please fill this form out as completely as possible. Nominations are due by November 13th by 5 pm.

Choose a Category:

Bike-Friendly Workplace:
Businesses that take measures to encourage their employees to bike to work and support better cycling in NYC.

Bike-Friendly Business Model:
Businesses that provide proper safety equipment and training to their working cyclists and whose employees ride lawfully and respectfully.

Name of Business:
Address of Business:
Phone Number of Business:
Web Address of Business:
Contact Name at Business:

Estimated number of employees in business or working in building:
1-10
10-50
50-100
Over 100

Brief description of type of business
(e.g. restaurant, messenger company, law firm, non-profit, retail store, etc.):

Reasons for Nomination (check all that apply):

Bicycle Parking

	Employer or building provides access to bring bicycles indoors. Please describe the policy:
	Tenants are allowed by building management to bring their bikes into the building via freight or passenger elevator.
	Building provides central bike parking room.
	Employer provides a designated area for indoor bicycle parking.
	Employer provides indoor bike parking for visitors.
	No designated storage area is set aside, but employees are allowed to store their bikes near their desks or in out-of-the way locations in the office.
	Building provides secure outdoor bicycle parking

Office Amenities

Showers
Lockers
Company provides shared bicycles to employees for commuting or work-related trips

Bicycling Incentives

	Parking space buy-outs (employer incentivizes employees to forgo a car parking space)
	Loans or reimbursements for bicycle purchases
	Free bicycle servicing
	Shared office commuting groups
	Mileage allowances for cycling
	Casual dress days
	Federal Bike Commuter Tax Credit (employer disseminates educational information about the program, how to take advantage and encourages actual employee participation and sets employee tax credit participation target numbers.)

Educational and Encouragement Services

	Employer provides bicycle training classes or allows employees to take classes while on the clock (commuter training, bike repair, bike safety, etc.)
	Employer provides or publicizes a mentorship program connecting experienced employee riders with potential new riders
	Company supports a company bicycling team or club
	Company sponsors bicycle commuter and/or recreational rides

Bicycle Advocacy

(Individual company programs and policies which positively promote bicycling and therefore sustainable transportation within New York City. Examples could include:)

	Company sponsors bicycle events around New York City
	Company supports or provides volunteers for youth cycling educational programs, e.g., support of existing Bike New York Learn to Ride programs
	Other (please explain):

Reasons for Nomination (check all that apply):

	Provides employees with a bicycle helmet in good condition which properly fits the operator
	Provides employees with upper body apparel with the business' name and operator's identification number
	Provides employees with numbered ID card with the operator's photo, name, home address and the business' name, address and phone number
	Provides employees with a white headlight and red taillight; a bell or other audible signal (not whistle)
	Ensures that employees' bikes are equipped with working brakes; reflective tires and/or other reflective devices
	Keeps a log book which must be available for inspection during regular and usual business hours
	Provides health insurance to working cyclists and care if cyclists are injured during the course of the working day
	Provides all-weather gear for working cyclists
	Holds a training class or providing training materials on traffic rules
	Provides incentives for good cycling behavior
	Encourages cyclists to ride in the streets and not on the sidewalks
	Other (please explain):