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December 27, 2013

As cycling grows, so does tax temptation

By JASON KEYSER
Associated Press

AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast [enlarge]
A cyclist navigates Dearborn Street in Chicago using a bike lane in Chicago's famed Loop. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made bike lanes and bike programs a signature issue, believing it makes downtown an attractive place for young people and innovative companies.

CHICAGO — Early blasts of snow, ice and below-zero temperatures haven't stopped a surprising number of Chicago cyclists from spinning through the slush this winter, thanks in part to a city so serious about accommodating them that it deploys mini-snow plows to clear bike lanes.


 
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