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Utah Valley Hospital

Becoming a Bicycle Friendly Business

Michelle Best, MHSA, Certified Health and Wellness Coach

Becoming a Bicycle Friendly Business

• Utah Valley Hospital received

bronze award in 2016

• Application organized around

four “E’s”

• Engineering
• Encouragement
• Education
• Evaluation & Planning

Engineering

• Located within a silver Bicycle Friendly Community (Provo)
• Access to mass transit & trails
• Improving conditions for cyclists in community
• Dedicated bike parking, repair station/work stand, & pumps
• Access to showers, lockers, and subsidized gym membership

How are you working to improve conditions for bicyclists in your community?

• Participation on Provo BikeWalk

Committee

• Provo River Trail clean-up day
• Hospital support of construction

projects to expand bike lanes

Bike Parking

Bike Parking & Repair Stands

Supporting Local Cycling Infrastructure Projects

500 West Project

Supporting Local Cycling Infrastructure Projects

Bulldog Boulevard Project

Encouragement

• Cash incentives
• Bike shop discounts
• Mass transit discounts
• Access to company fleet vehicles
• Positive internal bicycle culture
• Bike to Work Day participation
• Promote & support cycling in broader community
• Involvement with BikeWalk Provo advocacy committee
• Free fitness classes for employees, including spinning

Employee LiVe Well Program

• $50/quarter cash or gift card reward
• Complete two online LiVe Well modules
• Complete one activity of choice
• LiVe Well Partners & Champions
• 2019: organized group runs, rides, & swims
• Discounted gym memberships
• Access to on-site fitness facilities

veloLOVE Cycling Club

• Annual sponsorship from Utah Valley Hospital/Intermountain

Cancer Centers

• Sponsorship from external physician practice groups
• Subsidized cycling kits
• Subsidized race/ride entry fees
• Rides that accommodate wide range of ability levels
• Social events to build comradery

veloLOVE Cycling Club

Education

• Free community cycling clinics with physical therapists & sports

dietitians

• Bicycle maintenance clinics hosted at partner bike shops
• Quarterly online LiVe Well modules for all employees

Free Community Cycling Clinics

Evaluation & Planning

• Data collection
• Participation in veloLOVE cycling club
• Participation in quarterly cash-incentive reward (not bicycle-specific)
• Committee to assess and improve bicycle-friendliness of hospital
• Investing in cycling – club, facilities, high-quality bicycle parking
• Innovative campus master planning
• Bike lane connections from Provo River Trail to Provo Rec Center

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Purpose Statement

This committee exists to support Intermountain caregivers in safely utilizing alternative forms of transportation, such as public transit, biking, and walking. We seek to encourage, enable, and facilitate the use of alternative transportation through education and communication. The committee provides recommendations to hospital and community leadership to create an alternative transportation-friendly campus and city.

Bike & Pedestrian Committee

Challenges, Next Steps, & Dreams

CHALLENGES

• Roads around hospital not

bicycle-friendly (yet)

• Hospital shifts
• Length
• Difficult to commute year-

round

• Average distance of

employee commute NEXT STEPS

• Expand bicycle parking on

south end of campus

• Better employee

engagement/awareness of

• n-site bicycling amenities
• Ability to offer route

planning help DREAMS

• Provide free bicycles to

employees who commit to active commute

• Pay employees for each

day then take alternative transportation to work

Thank You!