Dear Troy Thiel,
Possibly what the Mayor of Normal forgot is paying for the bike
initiative? Since our road system is paid in user taxes, what part of
biking should be taxed for the bike riders' largess? Since there are
few running expenses except for equipment, bike stores would simply
cease. I enjoy riding on good automobile pavement. (the bike friendly
ones) And I am a "freeloader" in that regard even though the wear and
tear is negligible. But if this plan by the Normal Mayor takes hold,
"bike unfriendly roads" would be required to have bike paths I would
expect or what else would he be talking about? Can we ask the gas tax
to pay for that on some crock about an hypothesis of "automobile caused
global warming?" But the regulars on this list service can frame Mayor
Chris Koos and pass along his resolution to Barak Obama in hopes of a
royal hearing.
Eric
Troy Thiel wrote:
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and where I bought my first racing bike! Chris is the owner
of Vitesse..and my first team sponsor...and the Mayor of my
hometown..Normal, IL...yes..hard to believe..but I am from
"Normal"...have a great long weekend everyone!
Normal, Illinois Mayor Chris Koos introduced the resolution
adopted by
the US Conference of Mayors stating that bicycling should be integrated
into our nation's transportation, climate, energy and health policy
initiatives. The resolution includes reasons why cities should support
cycling, including "10% of global oil production goes solely toward
fueling America's cars and trucks, and the U.S. could save 462 millions
of gallons of gasoline a year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of
all trips. . . ." The entire resolution is available at the League of
American Bicyclists near the bottom of the page at:
http://www.bikeleague.org/news/newsletter/e-news_061008.html
Troy Thiel
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