[Vision2020] Ped/Bike transportation options

[Dan Carscallen]

Jeff says:
"It does seem appropriate that as bicycle use increases (as a substitute
for the high cost of driving and commuting) that there is some mechanism
for taxing bike riders for their share of developing a trail network -
similar to the tax on gasoline is used to build and maintain highways,
roads and streets."

I couldn't agree more.  I pay $10 each for off-road stickers that help
pay for ORV trails for dirt bikes and ATVs.  A lot of those are
shared-use trails (throwing mountain bikes and horses into the mix), but
the cost burden of the upkeep is on the shoulders of those who have to
buy the off-road stickers -- the dirt bikes and ATVs.

I would gladly toss in $5-10 annually for each bike we ride on the
Latah/Chipman/Paradise Path trails to help maintain them, as well as
building new connectors.  If it can be done for ORV's, it should be able
to work for bikes.

DC