Tag: gas tax
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No Bikes Allowed
When drivers get mad about a little bike box or a couple bike lanes, show them this map. Your taxes pay for these roads, but you are not allowed to ride your bike on any of them. In fact, it’s a $124 fine if you do, according to the P.I. (I made the map using…
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My gas taxes pay for (0.44% of) these roads!
Josh at Publicola has written a post that should (but probably won’t) put the old “my gas taxes pay for these roads” argument to sleep. Josh went to SDOT to find out exactly what percentage of road projects and repairs are funded by the gas tax. The answer? A stunning 0.44 percent in 2009: The…
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