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[Mike K.]

They pay gas taxes for the roads they drive on.

[Victoria Watcher]

cyclists pay a tiny tiny fraction.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 July 2020 - 01:14 PM.

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

They pay gas taxes for the roads they drive on.

 

we all pay gas taxes on far more than just the fuel we buy at the pump.

[Mike K.]

we all pay gas taxes on far more than just the fuel we buy at the pump.

 

You pay gas taxes on things that aren't gas?

 

Now this I gotta hear.

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

You pay gas taxes on things that aren't gas?

 

Now this I gotta hear.

 

It's built into the price of almost every damn consumer good, construction project, plate of food at your favourite restaurant, beer, etc.

Edited by GetLisaSomeHelps, 10 July 2020 - 01:30 PM.

[Mike K.]

You're right.

 

While you just paid 4 cents in gas taxes to have your bike chain delivered from China to the Canadian Tire near your home, I just paid 7,800 cents in gas taxes to fill up my truck, plus the 4 cents for my chainsaw chain delivered from China to the Canadian Tire near my home.

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

You're right.

 

While you just paid 4 cents in gas taxes to have your bike chain delivered from China to the Canadian Tire near your home, I just paid 7,800 cents in gas taxes to fill up my truck, plus the 4 cents for my chainsaw chain delivered from China to the Canadian Tire near my home.

 

Who said anything about me? I drive 20,000 km a year...

[Mike K.]

Oh yeah, then you're paying for those bike lanes.

 

What's the problem again?

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

Oh yeah, then you're paying for those bike lanes.

 

What's the problem again?

 

We are all paying for those bike lanes lol. Gas taxes covers a % of the cost.

[Mike K.]

Didn't we calculate that road taxes account for something like $250 million in expenditures for drivers on Vancouver Island, annually?

 

And that doesn't include municipal taxation that pays for local roadway maintenance, etc. That's $250 million on top of whatever local taxes are paid to munis.

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

I guess my problem is we always quick to slam active/alternative transportation like there aren't significant benefits to our population by investing in it. It will take years if not decades to reap the rewards, but the ROI (it may not be easy to prove the true ROI over time) will be there.

[GetLisaSomeHelps]

Didn't we calculate that road taxes account for something like $250 million in expenditures for drivers on Vancouver Island, annually?

 

And that doesn't include municipal taxation that pays for local roadway maintenance, etc. That's $250 million on top of whatever local taxes are paid to munis.

 

Mike, I think you may of realized it before, but road/gas taxes are one giant slush fund.

[Mike K.]

They are now, but the were sold as Road taxes.

We often hear from anti-car activists that motorists don’t cover the costs of road work. But boy, do they ever.

[Linear Thinker]

Commerce Canoe is up at the Triangle park.

[A Girl is No one]

I think it’s a much better place for it than bastion square.

[exc911ence]

We can't have real flowers but metal ones are OK? Hope the alloys used in their construction was indigenous to this region. 

[Nparker]

Looking at the above photo reminds me of what a wasted opportunity the current truncated proposal for the Northern Junk property is. The surrounding city-owned land will never have a functional use. Just more open, empty space in an area that all ready suffers from an abundance of it.

[North Shore]

What a great site for a campsite!  Central to everything, great view of the harbour and new city amenities, raised platform to keep your bedding from getting wet during inclement weather, and some nice, big 'trees' to tie a tarp to.  What's not to like?

[Nparker]

No good space to semi-disguise a bicycle chop shop though.

[Gary H]

For those who have never witnessed our new bridge being lowered - at night, with full underside LED lighting (not done year round)...

 

Shot just after the Dynamic Beast crane barge came through.  All I can say is find the biggest screen you can!

 

https://youtu.be/Gbx67cFVFIk

 

 

 

Edited by Gary H, 09 August 2020 - 05:52 PM.