David Smith Wrote:
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>
> Your wording is deceptive. It's not that "federal
> transportation funding" should only be used for
> highways and aviation, it's that the funds
> collected from federal fuel taxes should only be
> used for highways and nothing else. It's called
> "pay-as-you-go".

No, there's no deception. I drive a car and vehemently oppose confining use of gasoline tax revenues only for highways and bridges. I'm sure that the 80% or the members of a local bicycle advocacy organization who own an automobile feel the same.

As Edward noted, automobile users do not pay the full costs of roads.

Use of gasoline tax revenues for transit dates back to the Reagan Administration. Expanding the use of gas tax revenues for bicycle and pedestrian facilities is a legacy of George H. W. Bush.

All funding for pedestrian and
> bicycle facilites should come from pedestrians and
> bicyclists, all funding for Amtrak's operational
> costs should come from Amtrak ticket sales and any
> high-priority freight revenues they can muster,
> and all funding for public transportation should
> come from those few who actually use public
> transportation.

Why should Amtrak riders only pay for Amtrak's operational costs whereas public transportation users should pay for operational and capital costs?


> >
> > 2) When railroads cease using rights-of-way
> which
> > were acquired through easements, the land
> should
> > revert to adjacent property owners.
>