Bicycle Commuter Bill

The Bicycle Commuter Act would give people who commute by bikes the same government/employer subsidies as commuters who carpool, vanpool, or ride mass transportation. Makes a lot of sense when you think of the infrastructure requirements of bikes compared to the others. Bikes are the most efficient form of transportation we have at our disposal. Also in the transportation bill are extra funds for bike trails and paths. Which in Reno are quite clearly a popular way to get home from work. In the time it took me to change a flat behind the Riverbend Apartments Thursday I saw a more than dozen bikes including a three-wheeled HANDBIKE!

Then you get stuff like this:

MARY PETERS: Well, there's about probably some 10 percent to 20 percent of the current spending that is going to projects that really are not transportation, directly transportation-related. Some of that money is being spent on things, as I said earlier, like bike paths or trails. Some is being spent on museums, on restoring lighthouses, as I indicated.

Makes me wonder what she thinks is happening when one manages to go from point A to point B on a bicycle. Sometimes I think even if people could fly they'd still be lazy enough to take a car!

Here's some more info.

Commute By Bike
Dirt Rag Blog

Fortunately, it's easy to make your voice heard. Send a note to Ms. Peters. Or if you're concerned about how people in Reno feel, which you should be, take a moment to write a letter to the editor of the RGJ.

Peace out,

-M