Originally Posted by Minerva

Lol... I'm a chick, but incidentally, she could do with more than a few hours on a bicycle herself if you know what I mean. Maybe feels threatened by me in some way.

Everyone's suggestions have been great.. I actually work in the HR department and I know there is no policy against it, so maybe I can use this experience to try and advocate for bike commuters. There must be others at my job who would consider a bicycle commute if the intimidation factor was lessened. I am going to research those IRS incentives and do some informal polling in other departments.

P.S. I work for a school system and as far as I know, only one of our eleven schools has bike racks for the (few) kids whose parents allow them to ride in on a bicycle. I think I'm going to appeal to the advisors of the school-based environmental clubs to work with me on addressing this issue. My boss will suddenly seem very unpopular to the community at large if she's going against 100 student environmentalists.

Edit: I have never been late to work due to cycling, in fact, I arrive 1/2 hour early. I have thankfully never sustained an injury and am in very good health. These are at least facts that I can use for my own defense.