--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay...Nothing more inviting in a "discussion" than > all-encompassing, generally sweeping statements like the one > below. > > Don't suppose anyone has ever calculated the proportions of road > tax expenditures to see how much went to bicycle paths, how much > went to pot holes and by-passes and how much went to tarmac and > terminals? > > I certainly wouldn't mind seeing $7,000 from each trucker in the > US go to nothing but bike paths for an entire year - or just one > or two good transcontinental bike lanes on an existing highway so > those who long to travel by bicycle no longer have to be as > concerned with the numerous motor vehicle operators who can't > tell the difference and all too frequently could care less what > the difference is between a family of opossums and a half dozen > bicyclists. > > Just a thought from someone who would still be riding ~500 miles > a week if they hadn't already been forced off the road ~20 times > in less than 2 years by ijuts who got their license out of a > Cracker Jack box. > > Todd Swearingen >
Then why can't we tax bicycle riders and frequent fliers to pay for highway repairs? I wasn't trying to start a pissing contest, but why should truckers be singled out to pay for bicycle paths and airport runways? The increase I mentioned was $.05 gallon and was used for bicycle paths and other non-highway projects. That's pretty easily $5/day increase for truckers to pay. Why can't people who fly pay for runways, and bicyclists pay for bike paths, and transit bus users pay for transit buses? It's easy to ask for bigger and better things, when someone else has to pay for it. Over the last few years, local snowmobile clubs have roughly been assimilated by the Nanny State. Local clubs, using local resources, had a nice network of interconnected snowmobile trails. The State took over administraqtion of them, and raised the registration fees for snowmobiles. The money was then used to pave many of the trails for use by bicycles and In-line skaters. Now snowmobilers are banned from the trails they built because they damage the blacktop pavement. Many are hopeful that when the trails fall apart for lack of maintainance, snowmobiles will again be allowed to use them. I am not so optomistic. If the State doesn't collect enough revenue to pay for upkeep, they will be more likely to raise gas taxes on fisherman's boat motors to pay for it. Fishermen won't be allowed to use the trails either. Motie Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
