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Shifting gears: How do we shift people from private cars to walking and cycling? (lens.monash.edu)

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[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Infrastructure.

I have a 90% car free commute of 15 km to my work.

Tax incentives. I'm using my end of the year bonus' taxes and social contribution for a premium e bike lease. R&M Multicharger2 GT rohloff. It costs me like 1200 euros per year. (3 year lease) While I get paid 10 euros (untaxed) per day of commuting.

So basically.. 2300 euros income, 1200 costs.. 1100 euros per year extra income + bike lease (includes insurances). After 3 years I can buy the bike for 1450 euros. So that will be 1850 euros extra + a bike in 3 years time.

Incentivised. Sold my car cuz this thing can do grocery shopping and carrying people.

At the start I was 93 kg, now I'm 89 kg after 2 months. Which is a good bonus because cardio is damn time consuming to do it in your free time without any functionality.