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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The individuals teaching the “learn to ride a bike class” offered by DC make $250 an HOUR. I am friends with one.

It will surprise no one that this $250 an hour teacher is an activist with WABA[/quote]

Most of WABA's annual budget comes from the DC government. If they had to live off contributions from real people, they would have closed a long time ago. The government is basically paying WABA to lobby the government. [/quote]

That budget is for services provided under contract, like the one mentioned above where kids, seniors and other members of the public are offered free classes where they are taught to ride bikes and ride safely in our streets. Promoting a healthy lifestyle and cheap transportation benefits society as a whole, and this is very well documented. The more people ride bikes, the lower are macro health and mental health costs are, the less public space allocated to parking is needed and the overall societal benefit increases.

So investment in riding is a net positive and is pennies on the dollar in terms of public spend. This isn't the flex you think it is.[/quote]

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the hourly rate for showing someone how to ride a bike in a parking lot is $250 an hour. $250. An hour. [/quote]

It's not $250 an hour, it's $250 a class. That "one hour" also includes all the time and money it took the instructor to develop the curriculum, transport and set up the bikes, keep current on certifications and professional development, pay for a truck, trailer, and gas, etc. Out of curiosity, if it were a private class run by Big Wheel Bikes or whoever and they charged 25 kids $10 each to take it, would you still be outraged?

Let me guess, you're the kind of person who also believes "teachers get paid a full day but only work from 8-2:30!"[/quote]

"professional development" lol[/quote]

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