tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post5990477424482480660..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Pay Me for Riding My BikePatrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-63113812478797216862009-03-16T09:25:00.000-07:002009-03-16T09:25:00.000-07:00The way to account for the relative externalities ...The way to account for the relative externalities of biking and driving is not to pay people to bike to encourage an activity without externalities, but to internalize the externalities of driving. One method is unsustainable (if everyone bikes, who pays to pay them?) while the other isn't (if a person stops driving, the externalities, and tax, stop). <BR/>Another benefit; as the cost of driving increases, people will substitute whichever alternative to driving is best (transit, e-work, walking, biking) without the need for multiple tax credits on each option.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557495914188187340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-53440538594855274812009-03-10T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-10T17:43:00.000-07:00Thanks for this post. I have been so dumbfounded s...Thanks for this post. I have been so dumbfounded since hearing about the proposed bike tax that I've felt mute and unable to respond. As a property owning, tax paying, professional citizen of this state (with paid registration on two cars), I am insulted by the proposal. <BR/><BR/>It turns out the most curious thing about me is that I commute the four miles from my house to work by bike while one of my registered cars sits unused. Yikes, apparently that means I am so special that I need to pay an additional tax. Fooey!Mike Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787357174063046376noreply@blogger.com