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The commuting benefit has been slow to catch on, sadly. Requiring documentation on the costs that you spent--tho understandable for tax purposes and employer participation--made it a drag. You're right, H3N3 and Arrak, my suggestion would not have involved such minutia, nor was it a pittance. Never mind who's riding to work versus biking for fun. Take one-thousand dollars off your taxable income. Buy a bike.
Duppie, here's an offsite discussion about the Bicycle Commuter Act of 2008: http://bit.ly/TjzLU. I mentioned it on roberts' twitter page in September. i put the $1000 boon on there too, an attempt to stomp for the idea. It has yet to grow legs but we'll see ;]
Like Arrak, I have doubts about social incentives, but if we cut the minutia and maximize the benefit, some of them can work. Anyone recall the tax benefits that were used in the '90s to promote SUV purchases? There's a dubious "benefit"! Maybe we can interest the state reps in cycling incentives...
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