Roland said: “the initial reaction we've received from those in the bicycle community (at least those that we have been communicating with) is that they are open to paying a monthly street maintenance fee that would be assessed to each household at the bottom of their water/sewer utility bill.”

For once a little bit of truth comes out. The bicyclists Roland is commuting with are now the unofficial advisors of Commissioner Adams office.

“That means everyone pays- bicyclists, transit riders, pedestrians, car drivers, motorcyclists, scooter riders, hot air balloon enthusiasts.”

Except for the fact that motorists already pay in the form of fuel taxes, license and registration fees. So if the recommendation is NOT to increase gas taxes and NOT to increase vehicle registration fees, and NOT to tax motorists twice thereby exempting motorists from street maintenance fees on utility bills, I would be all for just taxing bicyclists and transit riders ONLY on utility bills. Everybody pays here too, just through a different tax method.

“So, if bicyclists will pay a fee like everyone else, why would you be against it?”

Does this term “like everybody else” also include a bicycle license and registration fees for bicycles like the price motorists pay on motor vehicles, or just another cover up shell game statement to confuse people?

“Why do you want to single out this one group”

I am not the one singling out bicyclists. Bicyclists single themselves out when as road users they oppose paying direct road user taxes like drivers do while also expecting taxpayers other than themselves to pay for specialized bike infrastructure only they use. Furthermore, bicyclist owned cars do not generate revenue for roads while the cars are parked and the owner is using roadway infrastructure on a bicycle.

For the term “like everyone else” to be an equitable and accurate statement, all modes of transport must directly pay a road use tax or fee like motorists already do. Otherwise it is just more bicycle babble double talk with the assumption that taxes on motorists will be doubled up for the purpose of subsidizing even more specialized infrastructure for the freeloading pedal pushers.