Office supply giant Staples just announced their plans to build a LEED Silver certified store in Miami. One of the line items in the release made me green with envy, Staples plans to “Encourage alternative transportation by installing bike racks and showers”. WOW! A company actually taking some steps to encourage cycling, now that’s Man Bites Dog news.

If you think about it though, if you are a big box store, if more customers and employees can get to your facility on bikes, the fewer parking spaces you will need; a big savings in hot real estate markets like Miami. They will also have another tool to keep their employees healthy and fit, which will keep their healthcare costs down.

Now if only Denver could get more companies to offer these kinds of facilities…

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