There's also the "it's for medical reasons" route, which someone told me that they took once in a bike-unfriendly building. This guy had started biking to work to lose weight after his doctor told him that he was basically a walking heart-attack waiting to happen. His office building was in Northern VA, right next to a nice trail that went from his home to his office. But the building had no place for parking a bike (granted, there were plenty of parking spaces for cars). He asked to bring his bike inside, but was told that he could not. So, he got a note from his doctor stating that he was to bike to work each day for medical reasons and should be provided with the necessary accommodations to make this happen (which really wasn't a big deal, as he had a large office with plenty of space). Lo and behold, the company immediately gave him permission to bring the bike inside (no one wants and ADA lawsuit brought against them). He told me that within 6 months he lost close to 40 pounds, just from biking to work each day. I imagine that he probably saved his company a ton of money in health care expenses.