Comments on: J&B Importers pays their employees to bike to work

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:10:32 +0000

My employer pays $2 per day when one bikes to work. The only ‘catch’ is that those are pre-tax dollars; after tax it is about $1.20 per day. Still good considering the opportunity cost of not spending on gas and the car depreciation.

By: welshcyclist

welshcyclist — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:32:27 +0000

That’s a great incentive to enthuse people to do their bit, but getting companies to do such a thing, here in the UK, would, I believe be a problem, here we tend to think the government should do it all.

By: ROhan Kini

ROhan Kini — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:41:17 +0000

Nice article guys.
Have cross posted it on our biking blog –
http://blog.bumsonthesaddle.com/

We are trying to make companies in India more biker friendly. On our way.

By: ROhan Kini

ROhan Kini — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:40:12 +0000

thanks for sharing it guys.
have cross posted it on our biking blog – http://blog.bumsonthesaddle.com/

We are trying to get companies in India to be more biker friendly. On our way

Keep up the good work. We are regular readers of Commutebybike

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:38:12 +0000

sounds like a great program. i’ve been wanting to see us do a bit more organizing on the corporate front – come up with some kind of program to help companies start shifting their employees to bicycle commuting. maybe figure out a way that it saves them money somehow – maybe through health insurance premiums?? or parking? or admin fees? or something….

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:29:39 +0000

Gary Mendenhall, I knew you guys had the Cykels. You’re hiding them, you dirty dawgs!!! JK, way to go, guys.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:41:27 +0000

While it’s great to say that bicycles have to follow the rules of the road, it would be nice to have the other side of it- and motor vehicles need to yield to cyclists as they would any other vehicle. It’s not a one-way street of responsibility.

By: johnnypebs

johnnypebs — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:14:06 +0000

This is pretty cool! I wonder if I can get my firm to do this. I’ll be sending upper management a link to this on Tuesday.

By: Tim Grahl

Tim Grahl — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:57:04 +0000

DDK: Yeah I was being extremely conservative in my numbers.

Shanyn: Can you send me an email at diggers@commutebybike.com?

By: Shanyn

Shanyn — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:55:01 +0000

Actually, if you have a flexible spending account (a preset sum you set aside for health care costs, pretax) and your doctor will write you a Letter of Medical Necessity, you can buy a bike using pre-tax dollars. I bought a Breezer Uptown 8 with my flexi money.