> In Wisconsin, 68% of local road costs come from non-user fees- - like
property taxes (40+% of Madison property taxes go to roads). In Ron
Pauls hometown, 100% of local road costs are paid for by sales taxes.
Therefore, we bicyclists are already paying we just aren't getting our
moneys worth out of the system because the money is redirected into
facilitating car travel.
>
The roadbuilding industry (and their bought and paid for people in our
government) would like nothing better than if everyone believed that
motor vehicle users are the only ones who pay for highways and bridges.
Matt Logan's information above shows otherwise.
The roadbuilding industry and state government also argue vehemently that
all fuel tax money, from purchases of gasoline, ethanol and diesel fuel
taxes, should be used only for transportation projects. This is an
equally ridiculous and unjustifiable assumption given the fact that there
are monumental other costs (environmental, safety, other) that those who
excessively drive motor vehicles in our community impose on the rest of
us.
Mike Neuman
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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.
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