Oregon to Tax Cyclists?
08-16-17, 04:36 PM
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Any tax is by necessity going to be a barrier. The goal should be to spread it as thinly as possible across as many of the people benefiting from it as possible. The current plan doesn't do that. Tire tax might.
I think I have the answer, though, as it will get all of the riders that really use bike facilities, and not touch the casual family day rider: Spandex tax. It can't miss.
I think I have the answer, though, as it will get all of the riders that really use bike facilities, and not touch the casual family day rider: Spandex tax. It can't miss.
08-16-17, 04:46 PM
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Those riders wearing jeans and Daisy Dukes are the ones that benefit the most from bike paths & trails.
08-19-17, 05:19 PM
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This is a weird town.
Anyway, it seems to me that if one wanted to fund bike lanes and MUPs and such, it'd make a whole lot more sense to tack a(nother) little teeny-tiny tax on motor fuel than to penalize those purchasing bicycles. The cost of providing bike lanes and paths has to be many times smaller than the benefits - to everyone - of people riding bicycles on those paths and bike lanes rather than using motorized transportation.
02-03-18, 01:13 AM
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"Every new bike SKU that falls under the tax protocol now has an automated pop-up attached that adds the tax to the sales invoice
Many hate it, but Oregon retailers are (hopefully) collecting the new bike tax | Bicycle Retailer and Industry News
03-03-18, 02:24 PM
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Oregon May Expand Its Petty Bicycle Tax to Children’s Bikes
Oregon May Expand Its Petty Bicycle Tax to Children?s Bikes - California Political Review
03-03-18, 03:51 PM
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Probably still wont quiet the whiners who think bikes are on "their road", because the get taxed by the gallon + Licence fees..
03-06-18, 08:46 PM
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I suppose it is time to get back to letter writing.
Perhaps one could convince the legislators to actually reverse the tax rather than expanding it.
While I do support cycling infrastructure, I think the state should be doing all they can to encourage more cycling rather than adding impediments to cycling. Plus the state should consider conservation as a goal rather than taxing conservation.
I have to think adding a 1 or 2 cent gas tax would likely raise more money, and encourage more conservation, perhaps even encourage a few riders to give up driving and hop on the bikes.
Roads are for the use of all, and roadside paths and shoulders help car move quicker, easier, and safer.
Who should pay for safety? Those who are endangering others, or those who are being endangered?
Perhaps one could convince the legislators to actually reverse the tax rather than expanding it.
While I do support cycling infrastructure, I think the state should be doing all they can to encourage more cycling rather than adding impediments to cycling. Plus the state should consider conservation as a goal rather than taxing conservation.
I have to think adding a 1 or 2 cent gas tax would likely raise more money, and encourage more conservation, perhaps even encourage a few riders to give up driving and hop on the bikes.
Roads are for the use of all, and roadside paths and shoulders help car move quicker, easier, and safer.
Who should pay for safety? Those who are endangering others, or those who are being endangered?
07-04-18, 05:53 PM
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GadgetJim57
Would this tax only be on a new bicycle purchase … or a yearly tax … ?
07-06-18, 12:27 PM
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And they don't tax smaller wheel bikes
it's 26" and larger, (so Bike Friday is Exempt)
.. it's only $15. anyhow ,a flat rate.
... as I said, earlier ..
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it's 26" and larger, (so Bike Friday is Exempt)
.. it's only $15. anyhow ,a flat rate.
... as I said, earlier ..
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Last edited by fietsbob; 07-08-18 at 01:07 PM.
07-06-18, 02:19 PM
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GadgetJim57
Personally, I do not mind paying the one-time tax. I pay tax on almost everything else, even some food items. I don't drive anymore, so I'm not paying anything into the system that motorists are, although I did drive for many years, and many different cars. I just want to see more and better cycling paths. There have been some improvements in our area, which is NOT a bicycle friendly place, but we do have two nice bicycle paths away from the streets, so no possible interaction with motor vehicles) …. one that runs north-south, another runs east-west, and several other nice shorter cycling paths alongside the street. But, we need many more cycling paths …..
