Repeatedly I'm seeing the claim that cyclists are somehow being "subsidized" by the system. I own a car, pay taxes and registration on it, fill it with gas, pay property taxes, ride MAX and pay my fare every month. I have certainly paid my fair share of the cost of infrastructure maintenance and improvement. I take offense to the idea that I am somehow "freeloading" on the rest of society because I decide to bike to/from work every day, saving gas, commute congestion and wear-and-tear on the roadways. The idea that motorists are having their land "taken away" by cyclists is pure hogwash. Taxpayers, not motorists, paid for that land directly or indirectly, and we all have the opportunity to use it. Given the breakdown per dollar of where the money goes, we're the ones "subsidizing" the motorists, considering the vast majority of funds are directed at the auto infrastructure we're not using on a daily basis.