Originally Posted by
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That's fine, but take the other, lets call it 40%, assume that 99% of those tax dollars come from car drivers and 1% come from people who commute with bikes (and it's probably a lot lot less than 1% of total commuters miles being bike miles)
That means you have claim to .04% of the road, or a little less width than your shoe string.
When Bikes pay for bike lanes they will have a leg to stand on in these kind of discussions.
When bike owners who also don't own cars can get an income/sales/property tax credit for the amount of revenue collected that does go to roads, I will be
more than happy to pay some separate fee/tax for using a bicycle on those roads. As it is, I'm certain that I currently pay my fair share.
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