Originally Posted by
bikewidget
Has anyone ever heard of paying people to ride their bikes to work?
Some program in Contra Costa County in California is paying 10 newbies $100 for helmet-lock-tuneup. Then 52 cents a mile in Safeway gift certificates and full reimbursement for mass transit.
http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archi...8/3626398.html
The Bicycle Commuter Act is essentially a way of "paying" you to ride your bike to work. If it ever passes. In a sense I'm paid to ride the train/bus, since I get a subsidy for my pass.
A local employer in town pays people $1.00 per trip (so $2.00 per day roundtrip) when they bike commute. They are in the bike industry, so it fits.
Scot