Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
This is the same thing that came up for a vote before. The benefit can only be claimed through your employer. This means that your employer has to do a bunch of paperwork and has to administer the benefit.
There's hardly a chance in hell most of us will get this benefit even if it passes.
I'm pissed that they can't pass even emergency legislation without dumping a truckload of stuff onto it to get Senator Smith From Pawtucket to vote for it. They see a "must pass" thing like this coming through, and every senator with a pet project tapes it onto the thing as it passes by.
Yeah that sucks. It'll be rather amazing to actually sit and read what was attached and signed thru.
HOWEVER, in the meantime, I'm rather interested in this little thing. I work at a Community College - where we're "going Green", and the movements have begun the last couple of years - and more so the past year about really being ecologically wise - recycling, etc AND commuting or riding your bicycle more. So I, retired Publicity Director for my bike club, always have a display up about the great stuff about commuting (and there's some great stuff out there on the internet - I can fill a display - and also contact some great agencies who send me information/pamphlets too) -
so in a nutshell - this is rather cool - shall have to point this out to my several people who are commuters and are also involved in the green project at school - cause one of my issues with them is that our enrollment is up downtown - and so is the amount of bicycles that are locked with a variety of locks on the fence from el cheapo to excellent - and still we're hearing bikes stolen. I've been working on a plan to present to someone - and incorporating some others to HEY - YOU WANT GREEN AND COMMUTING? Well - these people need safe and secure places for their bicycles.
And now ... hmmmm ... reimbursement from employer, ay. Nice, very nice. GA has a system in place already - so does England I believe.