Sent to letters to the editor, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wisconsin State Journal.
>> I enjoy the State DNR's many recreational trails and happily donate the modest $10 annual user fee to bicycle upon them. I also commute by foot or bicycle to work, shopping, entertainment, and school almost always, year-round. You are welcome when you thank me for the cleaner air you breathe as a result. Like almost everything in this world, the Capitol City Trail fee controversy cannot be decided by so simplistic a basis as "pure economics". The county, over a year ago, agreed to join a citizen committee of bicyclists and others to develop alternate sources of funding (such as committing local organizations to do volunteer maintenance). The Dane Co. Parks department failed to live up to its end of the bargain. Concerned citizens are still interested in pursuing this idea. It has been a long stated position of The Bicycle Transportation Alliance of Dane County that all transportation users should be fairly assessed for the societal impact of their transportation choice. Automobile users do not have any toll roads in the county. Currently only skaters and bicyclists will pay a toll when they commute to work on the Capitol City Trail. << 192 words. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
