South of the border, if you commute to work by bike now, you get tax benefits:

Last Saturday the House of Representatives passed Energy Independence legislation that amends a section of the IRS code to include “bicycles” in the definition of transportation covered by the qualified transportation fringe benefit.

Introduced earlier this year by Congressman Earl Blumenauer as H.R. 1498, the provision calls for a $20 monthly benefit for riding a bike to work.

It wasn't easy getting this passed down in the U.S. of A., as the provision was met with opposition and ridicule in the House of Representatives, not least of which was "Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) who said bicycles were a, “19th century solution to a 21st century problem.”"

Someone YouTubed (is that a verb) McHenry's speech in all of it's glory:

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