Symantec celebrates Bike to Work Day with an energizer station for participants featuring snacks, beverages and give-aways for participants.
If someone said you could do something good for the planet, that makes your brain and body stronger, that burns calories, and injects some fun into your commute, wouldn’t you say sign me up now?!
Well this Thursday, May 12th, you can make this happen by joining Symantec, our Bike to Work Day partner the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, as well as the American League of American Bicyclists and thousands of people across the US for Bike to Work Day, "an annual celebration of active transportation"!
This year marks the 22nd San Francisco Bay Area Bike to Work Day (60th nationally) and similar to years in the past, Symantec will join our Silicon Valley peers including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, SAP and others in hosting an Energizer Station for Bike to Work participants. At the Energizer Station riders can visit for snacks, drinks, free give-aways, to mingle with fellow riders or just to take a breather!
A few fun facts that we hope will inspire some of you to leave the keys at home and opt for your bike this Bike to Work Day:
- There are numerous health benefits from biking – reduced stress, increased strength and flexibility, increased cardiovascular fitness and stamina, with less impact on the body as with other forms of exercise such as running
- Even when factoring in pollution in many dense cities, it is still more beneficial to engage in active transportation than not to, according to recent studies
- Bicycling makes your brain stronger[1]
- Bikes are up to 50% faster than cars during rush hour[2]
- 40% of all trips in the U.S. are less than two miles[3]
- More than one million San Francisco Bay Area residents live within five miles of their workplace and over 62,000 residents in the area use their bicycle as the primary way to get to work in the morning[4].
- Can you guess the 20 most bike-friendly cities on the planet? Click here for the 2015 list from Copenhagenize Design Company.
For any bike commuter expert or novice, the League of American Bicyclists provides helpful general bike commuting how-to and road safety tips including how to choose the right gear and reasons to commute by bike (if you aren't already convinced).
We hope to see you spinning your wheels out on the road this Bike to Work Day!
Ashley Savageau is Symantec's Community Relations Manager