yes, Larry, I recognize that what was being said in that quote was the
difference between the money available and what someone thinks should be
spent on roads, but the gist of what I was saying is still correct, as
evidenced by the following email I received from a very credible source
who shall remain anonymous since it sent only to me and not posted to the
entire list:
"WisDOT contracted to have a pricing study done as part of their last
state plan done in the mid-1990s. Analyzing 1992 data, the study
concluded that 44% of total public roadway expenditures were covered by
non-user fees (primarily property taxes)."
Regardless of what the actual dollar amount is, the fact is that nearly
half of roadway expenditures are paid for by Wisconsin residents regardless
of whether or how much they drive a motor vehicle.
So I propose that we immediately allocate at least 44% of all roadway space
to bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users, and let motor vehicle
drivers fight over the remaining space that actually get paid for through
user fees. To Madison's credit, there are a few roads in Madison that
already approach those proportions, and, what a coincidence, those streets
are the most popular destinations in Madison and have the highest land
values of anywhere in the city.
sincerely,
chuck
Chuck Strawser
Madison Project Coordinator
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
106 E. Doty Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
voice: 608-251-4456
fax: 608-251-4594
www.bfw.org
At 06:17 PM 11/21/2006, Nelson, Larry wrote:
Chuck, that is not what he is saying.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chuck Strawser
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] states struggle to pay for roads
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-11-19-roads_x.htm
In a sane world, this would be the end of the argument that motorists
pay for the use of the road with gas taxes (and therefore bicyclists and
pedestrians have no right to the road). alas, I fear those crippled by
ideology or ignorance will continue to make such an argument...
an edifying quote from the article:
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"Nationwide, the gap [between the federal, state and local funds
available for transportation and what's 'needed'] tops $100 billion a
year, says Gary Maring of the transportation consulting firm Cambridge
Systematics, which studied the issue last year for the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce."
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I've been looking for that number for years - the difference between
what's spent on roads and what the gas tax pays for, i.e., what comes
out of property and/or (non-gas) sales taxes (and therefore everyone's
pocket, whether you drive a car a lot or not at all):
$100 BILLION annually
chuck
"It's also quite meaningless to drive in a traffic jam," --Toyota
spokeswoman Monika Fujita, in the article "Toyota tells employees not to
drive their cars to work" in Japan Today on 09/06/2003
Chuck Strawser
Madison Project Coordinator
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
106 E. Doty Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
voice: 608-251-4456
fax: 608-251-4594
www.bfw.org
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