Bicycle Rack Cost Share Program

Installing bike racks is a great way to encourage employees and clients to bike to your business. Here are some reasons why:

Physically active employees entail lower health care costs.

Encouraging employees to commute by bike lowers parking costs, particularly for employers who subsidize parking.

Bike racks increase accessibility to your location and widen your potential customer base.

“Informally” parked bikes along signposts may appear cluttered or haphazard. Installing bike racks can improve the appearance of your business.

Adding bicycle racks is a simple yet visible statement of commitment to sustaining the environment and encouraging healthy behavior.

Own a business, non-profit, apartment complex, or other private building? The City of Minneapolis operates a program to install public bicycle racks at private enterprises throughout the city. The program involves a 50/50 cost share at eligible locations. In addition, funds are available to install bike racks free of charge for public facilities such as schools, libraries and parks. See the Program Brochure (pdf) for more details.

Please contact Don Pflaum at 612-673-2129 for more information about installing municipal bike racks at your location. Due to the popularity of this program, no more funding will be available until 2010.