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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 7:48:47 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
Up here in Sacramento they would but you'd first have to get in a more biz-friendly legislature and that ain't gonna happen. The entire trouble in California is the excessive taxation. The Federal government is nearly as bad. In California businesses are moving out so fast that in at least one location I've seen three businesses move in an out in the last year. People with money are leaving in droves. Even Elon Musk, the liberal hero, built his battery plant in Nevada because he couldn't possibly pass the "environmental" regulations in California. In most other places in this country it costs 1/3rd to 1/2 as much to live. On the house flipper channel my wife watches a 4000 foot house on two acres cost the same as a 2000 square foot house on a lot where you can look in the windows of your neighbor on every side. A house in Plymouth, MA, less than an hour from Boston twice the size of my home on a big lot is half the price. You want business growth in the US - stop preventing it by excessive taxation. Here they have added an addition tax every year for the last three years to "fix the roads" and still haven't done anything more than patched them in the most egregious places. |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-12 19:05, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:02:42 -0700, Joerg wrote: I am a tad heavier but I have no problem lifting a bike and myself over a regular cattle fence. A hundred and sixty pounds of downward pressure on a wire designed to resist in an entirely different direction, and to share the load with a bunch of other wires . . . well, it's extremely rude to do it even if the damage isn't immediately apparent. Well, I don't step on fence wire. But the boundary-marker fences you describe don't sound like much more impediment than a curb. Still you've got to lift the bike across. With a MTB you could simply keep riding and flatten it but that would be rude. It would have been smart on the part of the planners to notice that this is the only reasonable path for cyclists and hikers to get from one town into the other and leave a small slot. Unforntunately most planners aren't very smart. Perhaps less than a railroad. I've been known to get to the Crazy Egg by taking a footpath from 100 N into their parking lot. Ballast is not easy to walk on. That I don't understand. What ballast were you walking on? -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 12:05:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Snipped The entire trouble in California is the excessive taxation. The Federal government is nearly as bad. Snipped You want business growth in the US - stop preventing it by excessive taxation. Here they have added an addition tax every year for the last three years to "fix the roads" and still haven't done anything more than patched them in the most egregious places. Got to pay for all that bicycling infrastructure planning and building somehow. Bicyclist aren't going to pay it just themselves. Thus others re forced to chi; in via taxes. Cheers LOL |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-14 05:54, wrote:
On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 6:51:19 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: Some people here complain about frequent close passes. It happens to me only rarely - I'd say roughly once per 100 miles of riding, which would be once in at least 1000 cars. And almost none of those include any horn blaring or yelling. But then, I tend to ride more toward lane center than many cyclists. Yesterday was Sunday and without job pressure they drive a lot more relaxed. But I still got a couple of close passes in 50 miles. But I was flabbergasted at the complete disregard for stop-before-free-right-turn. Even directly in front of the auxiliary police station with a cop right outside they didn't so much as slow up. And at the main police station perhaps three cars drove right through red lights. I had one yesterday (Sunday) he https://goo.gl/maps/KD6agawVA662 Our light turned green when I saw a VW Passat approaching in the opposing left turn lane. Looked like he ain't stopping so I didn't crank the pedals. Sure enough he didn't and went around with screeching tires. 5mph more and he'd have flown into me and the car to my left. That driver to my left also must have seen it coming because he didn't accelerate despite the green light. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-14 09:56, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 12:05:04 PM UTC-4, wrote: Snipped The entire trouble in California is the excessive taxation. The Federal government is nearly as bad. Snipped You want business growth in the US - stop preventing it by excessive taxation. Here they have added an addition tax every year for the last three years to "fix the roads" and still haven't done anything more than patched them in the most egregious places. Got to pay for all that bicycling infrastructure planning and building somehow. Bicyclist aren't going to pay it just themselves. Thus others re forced to chi; in via taxes. We pay over $4k/year just in property taxes. That is about 10 (ten!) times more than what we paid for a house of similar value in Europe. And yes, I do expect something in return for that much money. Such as bike paths. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 10:55:54 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-14 09:56, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 12:05:04 PM UTC-4, wrote: Snipped The entire trouble in California is the excessive taxation. The Federal government is nearly as bad. Snipped You want business growth in the US - stop preventing it by excessive taxation. Here they have added an addition tax every year for the last three years to "fix the roads" and still haven't done anything more than patched them in the most egregious places. Got to pay for all that bicycling infrastructure planning and building somehow. Bicyclist aren't going to pay it just themselves. Thus others re forced to chi; in via taxes. We pay over $4k/year just in property taxes. That is about 10 (ten!) times more than what we paid for a house of similar value in Europe. And yes, I do expect something in return for that much money. Such as bike paths. That's it! Try triple that in Portland -- or more, if you have a nice house.. What the f*** are you complaining about? You think that for four-measly-thousand you're going to get bike trails to your door. You're crazy! Plus property taxes don't pay for transportation infrastructure -- that is funded through transportation taxes, usually the gas tax with general fund input. |
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On 2017-08-14 13:27, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 10:55:54 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-14 09:56, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 12:05:04 PM UTC-4, wrote: Snipped The entire trouble in California is the excessive taxation. The Federal government is nearly as bad. Snipped You want business growth in the US - stop preventing it by excessive taxation. Here they have added an addition tax every year for the last three years to "fix the roads" and still haven't done anything more than patched them in the most egregious places. Got to pay for all that bicycling infrastructure planning and building somehow. Bicyclist aren't going to pay it just themselves. Thus others re forced to chi; in via taxes. We pay over $4k/year just in property taxes. That is about 10 (ten!) times more than what we paid for a house of similar value in Europe. And yes, I do expect something in return for that much money. Such as bike paths. That's it! Try triple that in Portland -- or more, if you have a nice house. ... Time you guys had a taxpayer revolt like the Californian Proposition 13. I know a guy in New York who had a decent academic-level income yet his family was essentially taxed out of their home. There are reasons why New York, Orgeon and lots of other places are not on my list of potential retirement places. What the f*** are you complaining about? You think that for four-measly-thousand you're going to get bike trails to your door. You're crazy! Plus property taxes don't pay for transportation infrastructure -- that is funded through transportation taxes, usually the gas tax with general fund input. http://www.frontiergroup.org/reports/fg/who-pays-roads Quote "Most walking and bicycling takes place on local streets and roads that are primarily paid for through property taxes and other general local taxes". You really need to look at state/federal financing of bicycle facilities so you can at least whine about the right tax. I whine about taxes, too, but mine are way more than yours -- and I know where they go. Mostly to our old Soviet Union public employees retirement system. Same here, only worse. Many states de facto cut a blank check to unions and now they are fleecing us. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 8/14/2017 7:36 AM, wrote:
On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 7:32:37 AM UTC-7, sms wrote: On 8/14/2017 5:54 AM, wrote: On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 6:51:19 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: Some people here complain about frequent close passes. It happens to me only rarely - I'd say roughly once per 100 miles of riding, which would be once in at least 1000 cars. And almost none of those include any horn blaring or yelling. But then, I tend to ride more toward lane center than many cyclists. Yesterday was Sunday and without job pressure they drive a lot more relaxed. But I still got a couple of close passes in 50 miles. But I was flabbergasted at the complete disregard for stop-before-free-right-turn. Even directly in front of the auxiliary police station with a cop right outside they didn't so much as slow up. And at the main police station perhaps three cars drove right through red lights. In my area a vehicle can make a right on red without stopping directly in view of a police officer and nothing will happen. I want to scream "give him a ticket." Many years ago, walking my kids to school, a vehicle failed to stop for us in the crosswalk and I yelled at the driver. And there WAS a cop there, and he DID pull them over. Later, walking home, the cop was still there but the driver had left. He told me that he let the driver go without a ticket because I yelled at them. You should have reported that cop to his superiors. When I had a serious run in with the local cops I reported it to the police chief, the mayor and the city council. Well now that I actually am on the City Council, I might have more success! |
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