I believe the Mayor is on the wrong track by suggesting this is a choice between low fares and high levels of service and Jeff is on the right track by suggesting funding alternatives to make both low fares and high levels of service a reality. Clearly Madison bus riders, and the Majority of the TPC, want both but are being forced by the Mayor and Common Council to choose.
>From a bicycle advocacy perspective, this is an extremely important test case that could force the council members who voted for road expansion and against low bus fares to actually explain why expanding roads is taking the priority in these continued times of decreased driving and increased bus ridership. As someone who frequently speaks in favor of bicycling issues, I am often puzzled as to the logic of the road expanders on the council. Exposing their thinking to some daylight could lead to a combination of changing their thinking and us bike advocates being able to come up with more persuasive arguments to present at the next juncture. Fight on! > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Fwd: Mayor appealing TPC decision > From: "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, January 14, 2009 2:28 pm > To: Robbie Webber <[email protected]>, bikies > <[email protected]> > The City and County needs to take up the idea of a commuter parking fee. > Money collected can be used not only to make sure our bus system (which does > not serve only Madison) is fully funded, but it can also partially fund rail > transit and fund all kinds of improvements to bike transit, including bike > stations and covered, secure parking. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
