Sunday, August 28, 2022

European Countries Pay to Bike or Transit

Some European countries offer motorists incentives to ride bikes and use transit instead of driving.


In France the number of daily trips by bicycle are 3% today, the country offers incentives to make 9% by 2024; they pay people to ride bikes.

  • 4,000 Euros to car drivers to switch to eBikes
  • Trade-ins on gas guzzlers for bikes or eBikes
  • Or keep your car and earn a 400 Euro bike grant
  • Paris will pay you 500 Euros for Folding/eBike/Transit pass
  • Netherlands hosts 27% of bike trips today
  • Finland and Lithuania offer 1000 Euros toward bikes 
  • 70 European countries pledge carbon neutrality by 2050
  • Belgium, Netherlands, UK pay for ride-to-work incentives
  • Belgium pays approximately US $0.45 per mile

 -LS

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