Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by wozniacki on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:44PM (#19637836)

  Because the cyclists, too, are part of the
  public? It's not like that public money is
  solely sourced from automobile drivers.

Then, would you be not opposed to requiring bicycles to be registered, bicyclists to be licensed & taxed just like cars & vehicular traffic does?

If you want a lane all to yourself isn't only fair that you pay your fair share toward the building, maintenance and repair of the lanes? Why should you get to use them free of cost?

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by zymhan on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:56PM (#19637967)

We do pay our fair share, over half of the road funding in Georgia comes from general revenue, i.e. taxes everyone pays regardless of vehicle.

Don't act like my bike puts as much wear and tear on the road as your 3 ton SUV or the 18-wheelers and delivery trucks.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by megaremote on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:20PM (#19641652)

You are delusional, as a car driver you are using trillions of dollars of infrastructure paid for by cyclists. When are you going to start paying for what you use? That is why I love toll roads so much, for once car drivers almost pay their way. You still don't pay for the pollution you cause, or the damage to do killing people.

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