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New state law allows vehicle surcharge for bike lanes
Press Democrat ^ | September 20, 2014

Posted on 09/20/2014 6:23:34 PM PDT by rey

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill allowing local governments to impose a vehicle registration surcharge to pay for bike lanes and trails.

The governor's office said in a statement that Brown signed the bill in Sacramento on Saturday.

It lets cities, counties or regional park districts to impose an annual vehicle registration surcharge of up to $5 to pay for local bike lanes and trails.

The surcharge can be imposed until Jan. 1, 2025.

Democratic Sen. Mark DeSaulnier of Concord sponsored the bill that passed the Senate 24-9 in August.

Opponents argued that drivers should not have to pay for trails and lanes for cyclists.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bicycle; bike; california; greenieweenies; marxism; redistribution; surcharge; vehicletax; yourfairshare
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To: rey

Socialist crap. Make everyone with a vehicle pay for someone else’s use

Dumb bastards, just sell a annual sticker to cyclists. If they don’t have one, ticket them.


21 posted on 09/20/2014 7:16:29 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: a fool in paradise

good question


22 posted on 09/20/2014 7:17:48 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: jespasinthru

You ride on sidewalks????????????

Gee,the walkers must be delighted.

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23 posted on 09/20/2014 7:21:11 PM PDT by Mears
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To: rey
I for one believe that equestrians have equal claim as bicyclists to government dollars to maintain riding trails but that, of course, would be rejected out of hand as elitist -actually the wrong kind of elitist, bicyclists are the new elitists.

People don't understand horses, as evidenced by recent legislation concerning slaughter and the efforts to remove them from New York City. And there is certainly a prejudice against riders as a class, especially Fox hunters ("the unspeakable pursuing the inevitable") which is entirely misplaced.

Bicyclists on trails do not relieve car drivers on streets of competition with bicyclists engage in commerce, only from those bicyclists pursuing recreation off-road. The same can be said for equestrians. Why do horse enthusiasts not have an equal claim? One can extend the argument to include all matter of off-road vehicles used for recreation and these recreationists certainly would be met with uncharted hostility in Sacramento.

First you win the culture war, then you win the political war.


24 posted on 09/20/2014 7:39:00 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: rey
I'll ante up some extra!


25 posted on 09/20/2014 8:16:11 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: rey

The democrats new non tax, the surcharge. This let’s moonbeam and his idiot brethren claim they don’t raise taxes. When I was in high school in the golden state I had a car that was twelve years old and paid $14 annual registration. I have the same year and model now, only it’s fifty one years old but now the registration is $94. They surcharge the carp out of you in this state!


26 posted on 09/20/2014 8:19:29 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Had ENOUGH Yet ?


27 posted on 09/20/2014 8:21:47 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights ......... It's the LAW !!!)
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To: Mears

Well of course we slow down when we approach pedestrians, and ring the bell when we’re coming up behind them and they can’t see us. And take care to dodge the yappy little doggies, of course, who have a tendency to chase bikes when they’re not leashed. This ain’t New York or California, after all. The sidewalks are usually empty unless it’s the cool of the evening.


28 posted on 09/20/2014 8:52:50 PM PDT by jespasinthru (Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy)
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To: rey

Side street in nyc, single lane residential street for cars now divided to make room for bicycle lane, these idiots are insane. Now drivers have to pay for it also. Looking for liberal progressive marxist insanity look no further than the cesspool cities they control


29 posted on 09/21/2014 4:50:52 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: rey

Why are people who ride bikes treated like gods? People who own cars pay for the upkeep and freeloaders gets all the benefits.


30 posted on 09/21/2014 5:55:04 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: lightman
Annual bicycle licensing?

Don't know how it is now, but in the '60s, NY had a bicycle license...for the bike, not the rider.

31 posted on 09/21/2014 6:46:17 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: rey

And your taxes buy the bike lane or roadside bike trails and the damned bikers ride in the streets with a bike trail brand new, smooth and flat 20 feet to their right. A law to ticket them should be cowritten with the law that funds the bike lanes.


32 posted on 09/21/2014 7:05:52 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$$)
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To: Yorlik803

I don’t know. I doubt my son felt like a god when he was hit by a car that was driven by someone without a clue. Or eyes apparently. There are no bike lanes where we live. People drive like maniacs even on crowded residential streets. And they are so often distracted by their cell phones and Sirius radios that they veer a little to the right every so often. I don’t know that a bike lane would have helped. All my son was trying to do was ride his bike to school a mile away. More children should be walking or riding bikes to school.


33 posted on 09/21/2014 7:21:09 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

The Bike lanes here are nothing more than white lines painted on the ground. And all to often the bikers just weave in and out of traffic without regard to rules of the road or fear of being punished.


34 posted on 09/21/2014 7:39:02 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Yorlik803

Same with bike lanes here in Houston, just a small white strip on the side of the street. 2 bikers were killed just 2 blocks from my house the first week the strip was painted. Bicycles are fun, but on city streets they are dangerous.


35 posted on 09/21/2014 7:49:12 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Yorlik803

Yes, I can imagine after having lived in a very bike friendly city for years. I was a bit hostile about cyclists whenever I had to drive in the areas they frequented. College campus cyclists are the worst. I am thankful we managed to navigate them without splattering one. I would like to see some accommodation in my area for cyclists or even pedestrians. I see people walking on the side of roads here all the time. One distraction by a driver is all it takes. I think this area was once sparsely populated. It outgrew the roads, and there are not many sidewalks. :(


36 posted on 09/21/2014 7:50:24 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: Ditter

Its a perfect storm between bikers who act like they cant be killed and drivers blabbing on their cellphones who wouldn’t see a marching band in front of them.


37 posted on 09/21/2014 7:51:40 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Yorlik803

About 20 years ago I bought a bicycle and started riding with a group west of Houston on some small roads, it was great fun, no traffic and such good exercise but I quickly learned not to ride on city streets. I would take my bike to a bike trail nearby but I would not ride it to get there. City bike riders have a chip or their shoulder or a death wish. Not me.


38 posted on 09/21/2014 8:19:04 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Sherman Logan

I don’t get a free pass for my motorcycle just because I also own a car, why should bicycles?


39 posted on 09/22/2014 2:25:23 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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