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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This says gas taxes and other things like that only fund about a third of the costs of roads.

https://taxfoundation.org/states-road-funding-2019/

So why are we spending so much on destroying the environment?[/quote]

Because roads are an essential part of our transportation network moving goods and people throughout the region.   Without roads there is no civilization.  [/quote]

Some roads, sure.  But we don't need to give you a comfy individual ride to your country club.  Civilization would be fine without that.[/quote]

I know this is going to blow your dogmatic little brain, but cars make people's lives better, in almost too many ways to even count. Why else do you think people bother with the expense? [b]And if riding a bike is so great, why do so incredibly few people do it?[/b] The city has spent billions building all these bike lanes over many years and still hardly anyone uses them (and studies suggest they only appeal to people in a narrow demographic -- namely, young white men). At some point you have to ask why the government is spending so much money on a form of transportation that hardly anyone wants. [/quote]

Because crappy drivers like you threaten our lives if we do bike.[/quote]

Like boxing and playing football and jumping out of airplanes, riding a bike in a city is very dangerous and most people figure it's not worth the risk. A small number of people, apparently in denial about the risk they run, figure otherwise. [/quote]

Except for cities that make it a point to make it safer.[/quote]

There is no city in the entire world where biking is safe. They all have the same stats.

At some point it seems kind of insane to spend billions of dollars to build up a bike infrastructure that's used by 300 white guys who are really into bikes in the same city where one-fifth of children live below the poverty line.

Maybe we could spend a little more on poor black children and a lot less subsidizing the hobbies of dudes from Ward 3?[/quote]

Do you really think any of the white liberals in DC give a rat's arse about improving the lives of poor black children?  They need to keep them down so that they will continue to vote for Democrats who will continue to build bike lanes for them now and pickle ball courts for them as they age.  Didn't no one every tell you about The Plan.  [/quote]

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