While I wouldn't turn it down ($1,900/yr for me), I don't think it's the best incentive to move commuters out of cars and on to bikes.
For me the main driver has always been health and wellness. Decreased car-related expenses and less harm to the environment are great additional benefits, but the positive impact to my emotional and physical health is the difference maker. Some things that businesses could do to promote bike commuting that might be more effective: -provide convenient, covered (or better yet, indoor) parking -provide showers and lockers -eliminate requirements for driving/car access from PDs -locate in denser, more centrally located areas (rather than suburbs with easy freeway access) -promote practical, seasonally appropriate clothing standards (suit coats and ties and heels can all happen on a bike, but..) On Thu, Mar 19, 2015, 00:55 tim wong <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/03/the-problem-with-paying-people-to-bike-to-work/388099/?utm_source=nl_daily_link3_031815 > > -- > "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, > then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their > children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you > and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these > people?'" > > --Daniel Quinn > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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