Motorists at most pay only 20% of local road costs, so why this picking on bikes? As a property tax payer I am aready subsidising streets.
Mike Rewey On 5 Mar 2015 at 7:22, Larry D Nelson wrote: If there was a state registration and registration fees (and wheel tax) for bikes, our work would be much easier. We would have a common relationship with the motorists, who may currently regard bicyclists as freeloaders. Right now, all we can agree on is that we as individuals should not have to pay for anything. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 5, 2015, at 1:22 AM, Jeffrey Schimpff <[email protected]> wrote: I would much rather pay a higher registration fee for a bike that I use every day of the year, rather than for a car that sits in the garage most of the time. A wheel tax is regressive for those of us who do our best to conserve energy and use public roadways very little (aside from local streets, for which we pay in large part with property taxes). From: "William Hauda" <[email protected]> To: "Eric Sundquist" <[email protected]>, "Larry Nelson" <[email protected]>, "Matthew Logan" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 11:12:25 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Iowa Raises Gas Tax &nbs font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px" data-mce-style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font- family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> I have heard discussion among County Board members about establishing a wheel tax and would favor it, based on that discussion and Larry's info. A $20 tax in Dane County would bring in between $4 million and $5 million -- not nearly what the RTA was looking at and small potatoes compared to big projects like Verona Road or Highway M, but definitely a part of the puzzle in growing the multimodal system in the county. From: Larry Nelson <[email protected]> To: Matthew Logan <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Iowa Raises Gas Tax Planning includes financing needed public transportation improvements. The following municipalities have adopted the wheel tax. Municipalities Appleton (city) - $20 beginning February 2015 Arena (township) - $20 beginning April 2015 Beloit (city) - $10 through January 2015; $20 beginning February 2015 Janesville (city) - $10 Milwaukee (city) - $20 Counties Chippewa County - $10 beginning January 2015 [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org Michael W. Rewey 5522 Comanche Way Madison, WI 53704-1026 home: 608.249.6673 cell: 608.698.6673 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
