Govt considers bike tax

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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