Tell them that, as they drive to work tomorrow, every cyclist they see is one 
less car in traffic ahead of them, and one more open parking spot for them.

-------------Patrick Lenon

> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 08:04:44 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Iowa Raises Gas Tax
> 
> And, bikes only pay 0% of the roads, right Mike?  Give me an argument that I 
> can use to explain to motorists why they need to subsidize bikes.  
> 
> Larry D Nelson, P.E.
> 
> PO Box 199
> 4180 Wilson Road
> Dodgeville, WI  53533
> 
> 608 630 6532
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William Hauda <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:44:12 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Iowa Raises Gas Tax
> 
> Agree with Mike. Example: Fitchburg is going to reconstruct a mile or so 
> of Lacy Road and this will involve an assessment on property owners who 
> use this street to access their homes. At the same time, a better Lacy 
> Road will benefit both motorists and cyclists generally.
> 
> On 3/6/2015 5:25 PM, Michael Rewey wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Michael W. Rewey
> > 5522 Comanche Way
> > Madison, WI 53704-1026
> >    home: 608.249.6673
> >    cell: 608.698.6673
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