Bicycle sales overtake CARS for the first time ever in Europe - and the recession is to blame | Mail Online

Credit for this is given to the recession. It also helps to have urban areas that accommodate the bicycle by providing parking facilities and routes. Public policy can also spur acquisition of bikes. Here is what the UK is doing. Click title for link to article.

Closer to home, a total of 3,066,000 bikes were bought in the UK in 2012, compared to just 2,045,000 passenger cars.
This may be due to a number of initiatives in the UK that promote cycling, including the government-based Cyclescheme, that lets people buy bikes at a discount and tax-free.

How about a sales tax "holiday" on bikes in Florida? Both public health and transit would benefit.