So the feds aren't going to incentivize biking (this year), but cities and colleges - where biking makes the most sense are. Ripon College in Wisconsin is giving away bikes to students who will leave their cars at home.
If incoming freshmen promise not to bring a car to campus for a full year, Ripon College will give them a Trek 820 mountain bike, a helmet and a lock — a $400 value.
"We're a residential college with a beautiful, historic campus in the middle of a small town," said President David Joyce, an avid cyclist. "Paving it over was not an option I was willing to consider."
He hopes the 1,000-student campus'"Velorution Program" will protect it from building more parking lots.
And Denver is going to reward people who bike to work during the Democratic National Convention with gift certificates.
An incentives program for people willing to get commuters off the roads during and after the DNC, funded with a $174,000 federal grant. Commuters will be offered free passes and gift certificates for taking alternative transportation such as a bus, light rail, bicycle or carpool.
While Long Beach is instituting a bike fleet of 16 bikes.
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