Matt Logan said: > ... I'm guessing that "gap" has more to do with what the State DOT wishes it could spend on road projects to mitigate traffic delays .... >
Probably true, Matt. But the problem is that the DOT - along with the roadbuilding, automobile, manufacturing, tourism industries and their politicians - have no interest in reducing traffic congestion by means other than developing larger capacity highways and bridges. These are the people who control the decisionmaking on the use of transportation funding, not we citizens. For the transportation- depended industries, more motor vehicle traffic means more money - it's good for business. The people who work for these industries also want what's good for business. > ... Instead of using GPS tracking to count total miles, ... What's wrong with counting miles? You don't need a GPS to do that; all you need is car odometers, either in the cars, or electronically connected. No loss of privacy. -- People who own two, three, ... cars would add their mileage for each over the year. Divide by number of people driving. Those who drive significantly less miles per capita than everyone else (or not at all) get a financial reward for doing so at the end of the year. People would have much less objection to this approach as opposed to having to pay by the miles driven (or the number of congestion points crossed), because they could earn money by limited the number of miles they drive during the year (and walk, bike, take the bus, or ride with others) instead. Sound familiar? Check the following proposal out for more details. If you like it, then talk to your friends, neighbors and organizations who support about it. If they like it, you can all go to your legislative representatives and tell them to get behind it. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR REDUCING HIGHWAY TRAVEL AND ENERGY DEMANDS IN WISCONSIN http://www.danenet.org/bcp2006/vmr.pdf http://www2.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov99/hiway30112999a.asp Or maybe you'd rather see your money fund more roadbuilding and more motor vehicle traffic instead -- like what was decided on the last time this problem came up? Mike Neuman _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
