The figures below underscore why the "commuter impact fee" I have proposed in print and on radio the past few months would be far more equitable that the present system of placing the majority of the burden of local transportation infrastructure costs, as well as health and other social impact costs, on property owners and renters, many of whom bike a lot and drive little.
I found it interesting that in interviewing for UWEX natural resources agent positions in Waushara and Marquette Counties, county officials noted that their number one land use problem is trying to control the woodland habitat fragmentation and farmland loss caused by growing numbers of people who build homes there, and then commute 60 to 75 miles (one way) to their jobs in Madison... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Two Percent of Commuters It's good to see the city looking into these numbers. I couldn't count the number of times I hear people who live elsewhere in the state comment that they hate coming to Madison because "Madison's" drivers are so bad. I always tell them they are not really "Madison's" drivers, but drivers who live outside the city and "just work here". Now I got a number to use -- 60,000! No wonder Madison's taxes are so high. We're subsidizing 60,000 people who pay taxes elsewhere, but congest our streets and highways, pollute our air, take up our parking spots and make things unsafe for we pedestrians and bicyclists who try to live a normal life in this city, 24 hours each day. On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:41:12 -0500 "William Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > MPO staff just gave a presentation last night to our Policy Board on > 2000 Census work trip commuting data. The data is by place of > residence. We will be putting this data on our web site > (www.madisonareampo.org) in the next couple of months. > > Data by place of work and journey-to-work will be available by the > end of the year. This will allow us to calcuate means of > transportation to work for those working (vs. living) in the City of > Madison/Madison urban area/Dane County. > > According to the Census data, there were over 16,000 workers > residing in adjacent counties commuting to the City of Madison > compared to almost 60,000 workers from Dane County municipalities. > Columbia County had the most workers commuting to the City of > Madison (just over 5,000). Rock County was next highest (2,700). > > The percent of Dane County workers commuting to the City of Madison > and the "Madison urban area" (Madison, Middleton, Fitchburg, Monona, > McFarland) declined for the first time from 1990 to 2000. The number > of commuters still increased (by 7,000 to 60,000 to the City of > Madison and by 10,750 to 51,500 to the urban area - not counting the > urban area residents). _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
