Comments on: What MO Citizens Want http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt L. http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/comment-page-1/#comment-5564 Matt L. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:31:16 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2317#comment-5564 If MO is anything like OH, raising the fuel tax would only add money to that pot that can only be used for highways. It's close to hopeless that that will get changed here, so bike and pedestrian advocates have to think about a new revenue source. That said, making gasoline more expensive has a whole host of beneficial effects, so I support raising the gas tax. If MO is anything like OH, raising the fuel tax would only add money to that pot that can only be used for highways. It’s close to hopeless that that will get changed here, so bike and pedestrian advocates have to think about a new revenue source.

That said, making gasoline more expensive has a whole host of beneficial effects, so I support raising the gas tax.

]]> By: Jason C http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/comment-page-1/#comment-5562 Jason C Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:39:25 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2317#comment-5562 I too agree that the sudden dumping of cars would shock our system but I don't think a modest rise in the fuel tax would precipitate such a change. I too agree that the sudden dumping of cars would shock our system but I don’t think a modest rise in the fuel tax would precipitate such a change.

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 Andy Cline Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:14:55 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2317#comment-5561 Steve... I agree re: suddenly. Steve… I agree re: suddenly.

]]> By: Steve A http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/comment-page-1/#comment-5559 Steve A Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:24 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2317#comment-5559 Sheesh. Anyway, putting it simpler and clearer, dumping the motor vehicles suddenly might not be real pleasant even for those that don't drive. Sheesh. Anyway, putting it simpler and clearer, dumping the motor vehicles suddenly might not be real pleasant even for those that don’t drive.

]]> By: Steve A http://isocrates.us/bike/2010/02/what-mo-citizens-want/comment-page-1/#comment-5558 Steve A Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:29 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=2317#comment-5558 We should not forget that fuel taxes and car infrastructure permeates things so intimintely that radical changes for all, not merely those that drive their SUVs to the corner store. We should not forget that fuel taxes and car infrastructure permeates things so intimintely that radical changes for all, not merely those that drive their SUVs to the corner store.

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