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- From: steve@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG (Steve M. Robbins)
- Newsgroups: can.general,rec.bikes
- Subject: Re: Interesting facts about bicycles in Ontario (from MoT)
- Message-ID: <Bs5BnF.I0s@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 10:26:02 GMT
- References: <Bs3rCL.9IF@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1992Jul28.224349.2196@cs.mcgill.ca>
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- Organization: Chiral Symmetry Breakers of Montreal
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- In article <1992Jul28.224349.2196@cs.mcgill.ca> wheelan@cs.mcgill.ca (Bill HEELAN) writes:
- >From article <Bs3rCL.9IF@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, by howard@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Howard Lem):
- >[...]
- >> Well let me put my two bit into the fray :-) This is just an opinion!
- >>
- >> I believe users wanting the government to provide something should contribute
- >> a majority of the cost to operate/maintain the service. Drivers pay assorted
- >> taxes and licensing fees to use the roads. If bicylists want bike paths,
- >> they contirbute towards their creation and upkeep just like motor vehicles
- >> and their drivers.
- >
- > Hmmm, do drivers pay their fair share of the costs of road maintenance
- > and construction, and environmental damage?
-
- I'm not sure about cars, but it's big heavy trucks and buses that do most of
- the damage to roads, and they don't pay nearly their share for it.
-
- But regardless of whether car drivers are paying for the roads they drive on,
- they are NOT compensating me for having to breathe car fumes all day. Nor are
- they compensating me for making crossing the street a danger or an
- inconvenience. Nor are they paying a fair amount for the sheer area taken up
- by all the roads and parking lots seemingly required. This land in city cores
- could be put to much better use.
-
- Just think about how many bikes can be parked or ridden in the area required
- for one car.
-
- > - Bill
-
- --
- Steve Robbins -- steve@nyongwa.cam.org
- The difference between Canadians and Americans is:
- Americans don't care what the difference between Canadians and Americans is.
-