Washington, DC - September 16, 2009 - The League of American Bicyclists is proud to announce Velocity Café & Cyclery as a Bronze Level Bicycle Friendly Business and is one of the 45 new BFB award winners. This is the third time BFB winners have been announced since the program's inception in 2008 when the League announced the first 13 designees. "We're delighted to highlight Velocity Café & Cyclery and the ways in which they are getting more people on bikes," stated League President Andy Clark. "In today's challenging economic climate, businesses with healthy, happy and productive employees are going to be the most competitive and the most sustainable - the Bicycle Friendly Business program recognizes some of the best examples of this in practice."

Businesses that apply for the award designation inspire and encourage their peers. Velocity Café & Cyclery serves as an example for best practices and innovations in bicycle friendliness at the workplace. Velocity makes bicycling an easy option for transportation and provides amenities such as Guaranteed Ride Home Program through Citizens for Modern Transit and incentives such as significant discounts on all bike parts and accessories.

The BFB program recognizes socially responsible businesses that promote healthy, happy, and green workplaces and provides a road map to become even more bicycle-friendly in the years to come. "Businesses across the nation are rising to the challenge of reducing their carbon footprint and improving the health of their employees - we are excited to be able to provide a roadmap to help achieve both these goals, and to recognize those companies that are leading the way," said Clark.

Bicycle Friendly Businesses are corporations, organizations, nonprofits and associations that weave bicycling into their business culture and give employees and customers the opportunity to be active stewards of their personal and environmental health through bicycling. When bicycling is infused in an office or company culture, great things happen: reduced health care costs; more productive employees; improved worker and customer; satisfaction; smaller carbon footprint; and increased corporate social responsibility.

The League of American Bicyclists promotes bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation, and works through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America. The League represents the interests of America's 57 million bicyclists, including its 300,000 members and affiliates. For more information or to support the League, visit www.bikeleague.org.