Tax Savings and Healthy Lifestyles

Biking to work, not on your Harley but on a two wheeled, human powered, chain driven bicycle. The government has begun to offer tax cuts to bicycle commuters. Why? It all seems to be to promote or encourage as well as reward and provide benefits for bicyclists. Basically you get can receive a $20 subsidy from the government a month along with this subsidy, the government has also set aside $800 million to expand bicycle and pedestrian lanes. A some what local area taking use of some of this stimulus is San Antonio with its building of a new system in downtown to help encourage this action.

http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/2009/06/Biking_to_Work.html

At the end of the above article, it also notes that along with these government benefits, practitioners of biking to work also save hundreds of dollars a month on car expenses like gas and parking. Plus they get their workouts in while going to work and thus saving that extra trip and time after the work day ends. Over all this is a slightly mentioned motion of the government that was issued back in at June of this year and could seriously use some more promotion to help encourage the movement as it can easily be picked up by the 350.org group. Still as far as meeting a healthy level of PR, this bill failed the physical. Tough I may be repeating myself somewhat, this cause is in serious need of PR help beacuse its such an awesome idea that I will hopefully pick up, when the weather is warmer because its a bit too chilly right now.