"In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year.
And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone."
“All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1401729/belgian-commutes-pay-off-employees-earn-up-to-e810-for-cycling-to-work
In Germany, we plan to raise a thing called "Pendlerpauschale" to favourize car commuting.
Provided by all tax payers, not only car users. Of course.
Easier said than done with a retarded fossil government led by Mr. Burns.
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Yeah, it is amazing. 🙄
If you make less than 10,000 EUR/a gross, you don't get anything. If you earn enough such that money doesn't pain you, you get around 42 to 50 % of the 0.30 EUR/km as a tax return.
So many questions.
Do ebikes count?
Do riders get periodically audited to assure they're actually doing the trips?
Do riders have to submit log sheets for their rides?
0.37 Euro would be pretty good even for cars, I think. I guess you can use it to fuel op on Stroopwafels.
I wasn't actually that impressed by stroopwafels. But pannenkoeken ... I could do a 10km ride after pannenkoeken.
Or take a nap.
This video shows stroopwafels being made. Just before the "octopus" machine, the waffles are being sliced *horizontally*.
I'm lucky if I can slice bread.
Of all those images, this is most like the ones I had. It's like a crêpe, but there are extra ingredients cooked into the "cake". Could be savory (bacon) or fruity (appels).
If memory serves, you're in the Mitten state? So probably not far from the Dutch triangle. Yet don't recall that anyone there ever talked about stroopwafels or pannenkoeken. Just wooden shoes and tulips .. for the tourists.
And all the way to the UP if you want pasties.
https://lekkertafelen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pannenkoeken-met-appel-en-rozijnen.jpg
I'll have to try a savory version with bacon. Sounds good.
As a Yooper I grew up eating pasties made by local Finn grandmothers. I'm now in the lower peninsula where hardly anyone knows about them.
In Holland MI, there may be stroopwaffels available but I haven't explored enough. They do have a big annual public giveaway of tulip bulbs after they've bloomed. $20 to fill a 5 gallon bucket. 👍
@twix Thanks for that. I encourage this kind of shift in thinking.💚
Also, commuting in any transport, but especially biking (& outdoor correlates), all are enhanced by not being forced to breathe combustion byproducts.
I'm anticipate that much of the US will soon, again, be breathing combusted forests & building byproducts.
[Buy & use masks, Y"ALL.]
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