Randy Dreiling

I am in DC at the national bike summit and there will be a big increase in funding bike transpo. As far this last e mail
Below is a VERY bad idea
It is not fair to rural town
60% of the people in Oakridge have around a 100 mile round trip every day for work because there are no jobs in Oakridge plus there are many things we have drive to Eugene to pay
Many people in rural Oregon are low income this would really hurt. I realize in the city you bike everywhere it is NOT that way in rural Oregon

Some sort of weight/mileage scheme that taxes as a function of miles driven and weight of vehicle (a surrogate for road damage caused) is likely to be the long-term solution for highway funding.

A " clean tea" bill is proposed to adress this below and would set a side 10% of cap funds for bikes. Oberstar is pushing this
Although a carbon tax is good for the environment, it is unlikely to be a source of transportation infrastructure funding as legislators will choose to spend carbon tax money in other ways (i.e., per capita rebates, green energy investments)a

Take and please remember not everyone lives in a big. We need solutions that work for everyone
Take care