Comments on: Please redirect your “boondoggle” comments to highways http://kclightrail.com/2008/07/22/please-redirect-your-boondoggle-comments-to-highways/ Your source for news and information on Kansas City's light rail progress Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe Medley http://kclightrail.com/2008/07/22/please-redirect-your-boondoggle-comments-to-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-12139 Joe Medley Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:25:34 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2008/07/22/please-redirect-your-boondoggle-comments-to-highways/#comment-12139 Meanwhile, sidewalks, which are a primary means of transportation for those who don't own cars, are dependent on the goodwill and pocketbooks of property owners. I've seen people in wheelchairs using the street because the sidewalks were in such poor condition. Meanwhile, sidewalks, which are a primary means of transportation for those who don’t own cars, are dependent on the goodwill and pocketbooks of property owners. I’ve seen people in wheelchairs using the street because the sidewalks were in such poor condition.

]]> By: Eric http://kclightrail.com/2008/07/22/please-redirect-your-boondoggle-comments-to-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-11659 Eric Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:50:06 +0000 http://kclightrail.com/2008/07/22/please-redirect-your-boondoggle-comments-to-highways/#comment-11659 No, motorist definitely pay their own way when it comes to highway financing. It's even worse at the local level. Most cities don't levee their own gasoline taxes, so local city streets are paid for out of local revenue like sales taxes, property taxes, local income taxes, etc. So people that don't own automobiles still pay for the roads they don't use. No, motorist definitely pay their own way when it comes to highway financing. It’s even worse at the local level. Most cities don’t levee their own gasoline taxes, so local city streets are paid for out of local revenue like sales taxes, property taxes, local income taxes, etc.

So people that don’t own automobiles still pay for the roads they don’t use.

]]>