According to the EPA, the average US car burns 423 grams of CO2 per mile.
Currently there is no mileage deduction for someone who rides a bicycle to and from work. Meaning they end up paying more taxes than someone who drives.
Creating a mileage-based human-powered vehicle tax credit that is more substantial than the one you can claim on an automobile, would give people more of an incentive to use a bicycle for commuting.
With the data shown above, if a person biked just 20 miles a week to work (or 1040 miles a year) they would be saving 969.85 pounds of CO2. If 10 million people biked only 20 miles a week we could reduce carbon emissions by 4.84 million tons.
This tax incentive could help Americans save gasoline, money, and live a healthier life.