
From Freakonomic's Blog in the NY Times:
| 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:
Thank goodness I don't live in Oregon!!
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