http://news.yahoo.com/city-cycling-grows-does-bike-tax-temptati
Who is paying for all this bicycle upkeep? And shouldn't bicyclists be
kicking in themselves?
A city councilwoman's recent proposal to institute a $25 annual cycling tax
set off a lively debate that eventually sputtered out after the city
responded with a collective "Say what?" A number of gruff voices spoke in
favor, feeding off motorists' antagonism toward what they deride as stop
sign-running freeloaders. Bike-friendly bloggers retorted that maybe
pedestrians ought to be charged a shoe tax to use the sidewalks.
