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Offsetting car subsidies

2015-11-16 15:46:12.432241+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Italy: Town pays people to cycle to work

A similar scheme was introduced in France in 2014, with mixed results. While a six-month trial found that paying people to cycle to work did increase the numbers doing so, the majority had been using public transport, rather than private vehicles. Of those making the move from cars to bicycles, most had already been carpooling.

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