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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [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
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