Good article about small businesses in Calgary and Vancouver learning to profit from downtown bike lanes in the Globe’s Report on Business:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/small-businesses-are-changing-their-tune-on-bike-lanes/article30365164/

Here’s a snippet:

…. small businesses in cities across Canada are increasingly catering to cyclists. Yes, businesses publicly denouncing bike lanes are still common, but shops, bars and restaurants are starting to back bike infrastructure and reach out to a new and growing customer base.

“There’s been a sea change in the attitude about cyclists and frankly the value that the cycling community and the cycling consumer is bringing to the marketplace,” says Charles Gauthier, president and chief executive officer of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. “Businesses are responding by making it clear they’re catering to them.”

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