Portland’s bike lanes will cut the city’s health costs

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Why would you keep them out? Don't you want vagrants to smell nice?

we're not talking about kansas

and if you did know what you were talking about, you'd know there's plenty of cars here.

Plenty? Like 50 and half of them are tractors?

[Danno 1,228]

I guess the assumption is:

Those who are using these city bike paths would otherwise just not exercise and instead drive around eating chips.

Bicyclers are many more times more likely to be injured or killed than are people in cars.

IN fact, pedestrians are more often killed on roads than are people in cars.

IF you care about your loved-ones..... give em a ride to work, keep them off the roads.

[Zero Sum 305]

Good luck keeping vagrants out of those public baths.

Charge them 0.50 for a bath. Sell cheap shower memberships. No need to hate on the smelly vagabonds and hobos of Portland.

Why would you keep them out? Don't you want vagrants to smell nice?

The beggars probably could get more looking respectable. Some could even score employment (joke aside).

[Zero Sum 305]

I guess the assumption is:

Those who are using these city bike paths would otherwise just not exercise and instead drive around eating chips.

Bicyclers are many more times more likely to be injured or killed than are people in cars.

IN fact, pedestrians are more often killed on roads than are people in cars.

IF you care about your loved-ones..... give em a ride to work, keep them off the roads.

More bikes on the road equals less cars on the road equals less probabilities of accidents.

Its a density issue. One which even before the idea, disagrees with your assessment since we're not talking about pedestrians, but cyclists.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

So ALL the residents paid $57 million so that 6% could save on healthcare costs and you call that a "good deal"? Another way to say it is that 94% of the people that paid for this will get nothing from it. Why not just license bicycles and charge an annual license fee of $1000 or so and then fines of $1500 if you have no license? Seems like the people that would save all this healthcare money would be glad to pay it. Yes? No?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

More bikes on the road equals less cars on the road equals less probabilities of accidents.

Its a density issue. One which even before the idea, disagrees with your assessment since we're not talking about pedestrians, but cyclists.

Equals less revenue from gasoline tax, less revenue from motor vehicle licenses. Bicyclists are basically selfish welfare queens wanting everyone else to pay for their transport and reduce their healthcare costs (actually their insurance company's healthcare costs)

what a crock of sh*t.

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Bicyclists are basically selfish welfare queens wanting everyone else to pay for their transport...

And they're gay, too.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

And they're gay, too.

And then there is that...yes. Gay, too.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

So ALL the residents paid $57 million so that 6% could save on healthcare costs and you call that a "good deal"? Another way to say it is that 94% of the people that paid for this will get nothing from it. Why not just license bicycles and charge an annual license fee of $1000 or so and then fines of $1500 if you have no license? Seems like the people that would save all this healthcare money would be glad to pay it. Yes? No?

I argue this all the time. Of course the Bicycle activist groups feel that it's not fair for them to actually pay for things... Dirty hippies!!!!

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Oh the bicyclist hate....how funny.......and frankly retarded.

Edited March 5, 2011 by Sousuke

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Oh the bicyclist hate....how funny.......and frankly retarded.

Shut up, freeloader.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Oh the bicyclist hate....how funny.......and frankly retarded.

I love bicyclists. I would love them MORE if they paid their own way. Since they use no fuel to tax, maybe we can outfit the bicycles with some sort of GPS to register miles and they can pay tax by the mile

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Shut up, freeloader.

Hey there was state sales tax on my bike.

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Hey there was state sales tax on my bike.

Which you probably paid for by selling your EBT card on craigslist.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hey there was state sales tax on my bike.

So you are one of THEM. No wonder you are against paying for your bike paths.