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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you should be very careful what you wish for. Its clear that you are anti-bike. If a user fee is established on bicycles, you'll begin to see many, many more bike lanes pop up. And I can assure you that bicyclists' contributions into the kitty will not cover the cost of those bike lanes. As it stands now, there's a justification to [b]develop bike lanes using automobile user fees[/b] in instances that it would actually improve conditions for motorists, and thus be a benefit for motorists (i.e., reduced travel time, increased travel time reliability, etc). Once you begin placing user fees on bicyclists, you no longer need to view planning that way. [/quote]

I'm just going to point out here that automobile user fees don't come anywhere near covering the cost of the roads, anyway. But I'll be happy to join the OP in a campaign to raise the gas tax, parking fees, and vehicle licensing and registration fees.[/quote]

I'm the PP you're quoting. You're correct, there's a shorfall -- its very easy to track at the Federal level, in particular, and see that the General Fund of Treasury/ budgetary offsets are making up roughly 40 percent of the Highway Trust Fund currently, but there still exists a user system veil for HTF protectors, of which there is a very active and well-funded lobby. Once you begin taking fees from elsewhere, that gets blown to pieces.

With you that we need to raise the federal gas tax![/quote]

Bikes aren’t allowed on highways anyway.  How are local roads paid for?[/quote]

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