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Build bike lanes and they will come

Sep 19, 2025
7 hrs ago
2

Editor,

A recent letter to the editor complained “No poorly placed, rarely used bike lanes. Taxpayer money over misplaced priorities, please!”

(2) comments

Terence Y Sep 19, 2025 8:49am

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Carlini. If cyclist infrastructure needs to be improved then cyclists should begin taxing themselves, quite a bit, to raise the funds necessary to institute bicycle infrastructure. It’s easy to advocate for building anything and everything if one doesn’t need to pay for it. As it is now, cyclists are riding “free” on the backs of car drivers. In addition, the “powers that be” are not, or should not be, in the business of pandering to a vocal minority that doesn’t contribute to road infrastructure over that of the majority who pay gas taxes contributing to road infrastructure. How much would you be willing to pay in bicycle taxes to support bicycle infrastructure?

joebob91 Sep 19, 2025 9:31am

Can cyclists get a refund on the taxes they are paying for highways that don't allow bicycle use? We are spending billions on US 101 projects. Much of that $ comes from sales taxes paid by all residents, not just drivers.

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