Transportation
How Britain Is Helping Its Citizens Buy Bikes
A government tax incentive program has made cycles affordable for thousands.
Imagine your commute could save your life. That’s what a 33-year-old man United Kingdom man named Toby Field says his ride to work – on a bicycle purchased through a government tax incentive plan – has done.
Field made a video about his 10-mile cycle commute, which he began doing in 2010, called "Cycle to Work Scheme Saved My Life." "Two years ago," he says in the voiceover, "I was a very different person. I was super-morbidly obese at 21 stone." That’s 294 pounds.