On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 at 21:49, Grayon Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on "RE: Problem Solving," saying..
...
> This is wishful thinking, but imagine if a line item on our T4's had an
> amount for the percentage of year someone cycled to work instead of driving
> their car. And this percentage directly reduced your tax owing! Cycling half
> the year would amount to a 50% tax break, or probably $3k - $10k for most
> people. I bet you'd see quite a few cyclists on the roads; paying someone
> $3k to cycle is probably still cheap, in terms of pollution, health,
> congestion reduction, fuel savings and road wear.
Or "Official Cyclists."
How can we reward non-polluters? It's hard to verify.
It's easier to charge($) the polluters, with a carbon tax and with
special taxes on the more polluting engines (cars, lawn mowers,
outboards, trucks). Arrange the rewards and punishments and many
people will come around as they consider their budget. We don't need
100% compliance. 95% will do quite nicely.
The Citizen has a "Wheels" section covering mainly cars. They list
local car clubs, but not bike clubs. I complained, and complained
again when the Wheels Editor didn't take bikes seriously. My re-reply
is attached.
If you think "Wheels" should include bicycles as recreational and
commuter tools, please write
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tham.ca since he's the overall editor.
Tom
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----------my re-reply to the Wheels editor.------:
From: Tom A. Trottier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bostelaar, Robert (ott)"
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Subject: RE: Some wheels are missing.
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Date sent: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:24:23 -0400
On Saturday, June 16, 2001 at 9:29, Bostelaar, Robert (ott)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on "RE: Some wheels are
missing.," saying..
> Dear Mr. Trottier. Thanks for your message. I enjoyed the factoids,
> both in the data and the presentation. I can't guarantee a feature
> on biking and bike clubs in the Wheels section, but I will keep it
> in mind as a potential topic. As well, I will pass your message
> along to Anne Trueman, the Citizen's health editor, for her
> consideration as a health/recreation subject.
A substantial number of people, young & old, thousands in Ottawa, use
bikes as their only wheels. So I think you should change the name
from Wheels to Smokers, if you only cover vehicles which cause smoke
and ignore others that don't! You might get some new readership Aug.
1st with the new title, too!
At least give the 4 (I forgot cfsc) bicycle clubs equal
representation with the 4x4 clubs, whose members number much less.
Bicycles are a viable alternative, even in Ottawa, for a lot of
travel, both to commute and for recreation. They're better for the
environment, for our health, and our wallet or purse.
Even motorists will enjoy driving more if the current growing road
congestion is relieved by more people choosing bicycles. Didn't the
bike beat the car in several of your commuter challenges? At least
they would, if the times included parking & then walking to work.
Tom
> Robert Bostelaar
> Wheels (section) editor
> The Ottawa Citizen
> 1101 Baxter Rd. Box 5020
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> K2C 3M4
> (613) 596-3719
> Fax: (613) 726-1198
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