To end Bike Month, we’re partnering with Bike Party to support the businesses that support us. This week’s challenge is to go on a ride to a local business!
We know that bikes benefit local businesses in tons of ways. Having bike friendly streets, like protected bike lanes, can increase local business along those routes, and that increasingly employees want to work at places that are accessible by bike. And people who bike or walk are more likely to stop in at a local shop on their way home than if they were driving.
“Protected bike lanes can be part of street redesigns that greatly boost retail performance. After the construction of a protected bike lane on 9th Avenue, local businesses saw a 49 percent increase in retail sales. On other streets in the borough, the average was only 3 percent.” — NYC DOT, 2012 - Measuring the Street, via PeopleForBikes
Read more about how bikes improve business in The Complete Business Case for Converting Street Parking Into Bike Lanes from CityLab.
And there are countless ways that local businesses support us - from hosting bike events, to advocating for bike friendly streets in their neighborhoods, to sponsoring events. Now more than ever we want to show our love to our local businesses.
Here are some local businesses that have hosted Baltimore Bike Party or supported Bikemore for ideas for where to ride:
Charm City Meadworks — Taking online orders and taproom pickup
Clavel — Online ordering Tues - Sat, 12-7pm
Cocina Luchadores — Pickup Tuesday - Thursday 11:00am-3:30pm and 4:30-10:00pm, Friday and Saturday until 11 pm
Monument City Brewing — Online ordering & curbside pickup is available all week, 12-7pm and 12-6pm on weekends.
North Avenue Market — Pickup and delivery noon to 7pm every day
Ottobar — Buy some merch or donate to Ottobar bartenders
Peabody Heights — Pick up and delivery options
Sophomore Coffee — Pick up options [W-F] 8a-12p & [S-S] 8a-2p
Suspended — Try out the new Double Black Pearl or get a gift card
Union Collective
Union Craft Brewery has pickup and delivery options
Charmery has pickup (from Hampden and Towson) and delivery options
Vent is still serving up coffee and offers coffee bean subscriptions
Well Crafted Kitchen has pizza for pickup
Baltimore Spirits Co. is offering delivery as well
Earth Treks has online classes available
We’d love to hear about other bike friendly businesses! Do they have great bike parking? Do they support neighborhood advocacy to make their neighborhood a safer place to ride? Do they support their employees who ride to work? Post a photo of your ride on social media and share why they are your favorite bike friendly business!