The government is considering a tax on bicycles.
It’s expected that the number of people using bikes will double by the year 2050 - and many more bike paths will be needed. The government says this will be a high investment event.
But how will they be financed?
The government, together with the Federal Roads Office, is studying how cyclists could be taxed.
The options could be a vignette or a specific tax on new bikes.
If Bern doesn’t act, it could lead to a patchwork of different cantonal rules.
Lucerne and Basel-Country recently discussed, and rejected, a bike tax – Zurich is still considering it.
The government stresses this is very early days in the study and no decision has been made.
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