Comments on: Momentum to change tax system to encourage cycling is building http://btawa.org.au/2009/11/02/momentum-to-change-tax-system-to-encourage-cycling-is-building/ Commuting and bike riding for pleasure in Western Australia Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: CycleSnail http://btawa.org.au/2009/11/02/momentum-to-change-tax-system-to-encourage-cycling-is-building/comment-page-1/#comment-43 CycleSnail Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:57:23 +0000 http://btawa.org.au/?p=310#comment-43 The submission from the Cycling Promotion Fund to Ken Henry can be found here: http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/images/stories/downloads/FinalSubmissionSTC16Oct08.pdf [280Kb PDF download] The submission from the Cycling Promotion Fund to Ken Henry can be found here:
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/images/stories/downloads/FinalSubmissionSTC16Oct08.pdf
[280Kb PDF download]

]]> By: CycleSnail http://btawa.org.au/2009/11/02/momentum-to-change-tax-system-to-encourage-cycling-is-building/comment-page-1/#comment-42 CycleSnail Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:52:11 +0000 http://btawa.org.au/?p=310#comment-42 Whilst I am normally too shy to blow my own horn, I still wonder if the BTA had a small amount of influence here. At the community cabinet in Perth in April 2009 we asked Peter Garret this questions: “In Australia, bicycles outsell cars . The use of bicycles for commuting reduces pollution and is the most effective way to spend public health money. Will the government consider fiscal measures that provide disincentives for the use of cars and encourage cycling for commuting, for instance via taxation and increased spending on bicycle related infrastructure?” Whilst I am normally too shy to blow my own horn, I still wonder if the BTA had a small amount of influence here. At the community cabinet in Perth in April 2009 we asked Peter Garret this questions:

“In Australia, bicycles outsell cars . The use of bicycles for commuting reduces pollution and is the most effective way to spend public health money.

Will the government consider fiscal measures that provide disincentives for the use of cars and encourage cycling for commuting, for instance via taxation and increased spending on bicycle related infrastructure?”

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