The city's bike share program has been dubbed Biketown, a nod to local shoe titan Nike's ubiquitous stores. Proponents of the tax say it will fund improvements for bicycle and pedestrian projects. Small business owners have expressed their opposition to the tax, saying the $200 price will exempt bike sales from big-box retailers. "Why would we cut off that revenue source, and potentially 75 percent of the revenue source would be bikes sold through those stores? Brown is expected to sign the bike tax into law.

Source: Fox News July 18, 2017 22:41 UTC