The problem with the whole dialog which Eric has initiated and sustained is that Madison residents already support the biking infrastructure with their taxes. I haven't heard Madison residents saying "we're" unhappy with the funding mix." It's those coming to bike the area without paying property taxes that should, perhaps, pay user fees.
Have a good day. :) Mike (\ /) (O.o) (> <) --- On Wed, 10/28/09, Eric Westhagen <[email protected]> wrote: What does "privatization" have to do with a government license tax for Madison. Then one would know just how large the bicycle use contingent actually is. [snip] EW Matt Logan wrote: When the amount of public subsidy for bicycling infrastructure + human-scaled accessibility exceeds the subsidy for roads over the last 75 years, then we will be at what I consider parity. [snip] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Westhagen Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:21 PM But my only point was the lack of parity of the car tab and the city bike path tab.
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