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
Actually, each partipant will recieve up to a total of $200.00 each month in Safeway gift cards and transit reimbursement.
Also, as stated in the bikingbis blog:
"The goal of the program is to provide training so participants become familiar with their rights and responsibilities as bicyclists. We want them to feel safe on the road and become ambassadors for bicycling in their communities.
"... We also would like the participants to incorporate bicycling into their lifestyle. ...
The overall goal of the program is to decrease the number of short trips to work and for errands and thus improve air quality in our communities."