On Aug 18, 9:52*pm, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote:
Andrew Muzi wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per KingOfTheApes:
"I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly
ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and
DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk-
basket...

Last year one of the bike mags did a story whose essence was
pointing out that in one major West-coast city, the majority of
bike riders were people who could not afford public
transportation.

I believe it.

I'm a cyclist and a taxpayer and I sure can't afford the rate of flow
down the public transit money rathole.

Agreed. It is time to make those who fly pay the true cost of airports
and air traffic control, not to mention the environmental externalities.
Similarly, fuel taxes should be raised to pay for "energy security" [1]
and environmental effects of motorized vehicles.

Time to stop these USians from freeloading on the backs of the common
taxpayer.

[1] I.e., bases and military forces in foreign hydrocarbon extraction
areas, including the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

I agree. ISTM that all forms of travel off your own property are
subsidized to one extent or another, except perhaps trespassing off-
road on foot or on mountain bike.

After motorists and airline passengers pay full costs, and after
trucking companies pay full costs (and pass those on to retailers), we
can talk about what public transportation's worth.

- Frank Krygowski