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Thursday, April 2, 2009

pure evil, thanks Oregon!


From Freakonomic's Blog in the NY Times:
Are Bicyclists Free Riders?
| Do bicyclists contribute their fair share to the transportation network? An Oregon lawmaker thinks not, and has proposed a law requiring cyclists to pay a $54 registration fee every two years. A Portland bike blog interviewed the lawmaker in question, who explained the proposal this way: “[B]ikes have used the roads in this state forever and have never contributed a penny. The only people that pay into the system are those people who buy motor vehicle licenses and registration fees.” Considering the enormous benefits of investments in bicycle infrastructure, can even a tax-hating bicyclist concede his point, at a registration cost of just over 7 cents a day?

1 comment:

djrepshire said...

Thank goodness I don't live in Oregon!!

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