Re: Anti-cycling House bill - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

07-23-2003, 05:55 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Roly Poly Man) wrote in
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> "July 22, 2003 | For every bike commuter who proudly pedals to work
> under the mantra "one less car," Congress has a message for you: Get
> back on the highway where you belong, burning fossil fuel like a real
> American.

What do you expect when the White House is staffed by former oil company
executives.

07-23-2003, 07:46 PM

Uh, how much road (or bike path) use taxes do you pay as a bicyclist?

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> > "July 22, 2003 | For every bike commuter who proudly pedals to work
> > under the mantra "one less car," Congress has a message for you: Get
> > back on the highway where you belong, burning fossil fuel like a real
> > American.
>
> What do you expect when the White House is staffed by former oil company
> executives.

07-23-2003, 08:18 PM

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 23:46:53 +0000, GRL wrote:

> Uh, how much road (or bike path) use taxes do you pay as a bicyclist?

Quite a bit. Don't be misled into thinking that the only thing that pays
for roads ("road use" taxes are different, paid by truck licensing and not
by your average motorist) is gasoline tax. Only a small amount of the
cost of the roadway and maintenance comes from gasoline taxes, the
majority comes from local, state, and federal taxes which cyclists do, in
fact, pay. Turnpikes tend to be funded by real road use taxes, that is,
tolls, but those roads are specifically closed to cyclists, so do not
enter into the discussion.

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business!" --Dickens, "A Christmas Carol"

07-24-2003, 02:48 PM

"GRL" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> brightened my day with his incisive wit
when in news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] he conjectured that:

> Uh, how much road (or bike path) use taxes do you pay as a bicyclist?
>

Uh, is that the point you ass? Cyclists pay other taxes. just because we
don't have a car?? Bring on the bike tax. Due to lack of (a) pollution (b)
mass deaths (c) track degradation and (d) road rage, I suspect it would be
somewhat less substantial.

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Walter Mitty.

07-26-2003, 06:30 PM

"GRL" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Uh, how much road (or bike path) use taxes do you pay as a bicyclist?
Plenty. I pay it in the form of taxes on my Corvette and
4x4 truck. There is also the parks and recreation portion
of my real estate taxes on my house. Just because you
own a bicycle, that doesn't mean that you don't own a
car or truck that you pay lots of taxes on.

When I park my truck and ride my bicycle, there is a
lot less wear on the roads. This helps make the tax
money for roads go a little farther.