Submitted by Terry Parker on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 5:47pm.
If “Bicycling has grown into a vital part of the region's transportation system” and instead of poaching dollars from street maintenance money, the bicyclists themselves must also become part of the taxed funding source directly paying for the bicycle infrastructure they use thereby not expecting someone else to pay for it. .
A Bicycle Tax, not Social Engineering, is Needed
If “Bicycling has grown into a vital part of the region's transportation system” and instead of poaching dollars from street maintenance money, the bicyclists themselves must also become part of the taxed funding source directly paying for the bicycle infrastructure they use thereby not expecting someone else to pay for it. .