Question 1: Transportation Trust Fund


B" Spokes: The General idea is to make it harder to use Transportation Trust Funds to balance the state budget, it still can be done but harder.

My stance is: No Support

What bothers me most is that there is no mention of repairing bridges, better funding for mass transit or even complete streets, just business as usual at MDOT.

Next, even under the old system we could build $3+ billion ICC highways so I don't get why things need to change.

The whole thing reeks of over stressing cars over everything else. Budgets will always be in flux from year to year and IMHO this is what government does. One year some group is unhappy and the next year it is someone else, that is the nature of things. But more than that, a vote yes here is saying, roads and more roads will fix our most pressing needs. And they need to be overly car centric since cars are paying for them right?

See Do Drivers Cover the Cost of Roads? Not By a Long Shot
<a href="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20141002232119321">http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20141002232119321</a>;

But but there is so many cars driving... Not really, see Maryland Annual Vehicle Miles of Travel
<a href="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20130529171856978">http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20130529171856978</a>;

IMHO it is because Maryland has over stressed driving everywhere that is the basic reason why driving is such a dismal state of affairs. You can't give preferential treatment to the most expensive thing and expect a balanced economical budget, that would be like having steak seven days a week. Nothing against steak or roads but let's keep it at a reasonable level OK? And oh, let's support more diversity.

For further reading see: Maryland transportation &quot;lockbox&quot; has a big hole from Greater Greater Washington
<a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/9163/maryland-transportation-lockbox-has-a-big-hole/">http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/9163/maryland-transportation-lockbox-has-a-big-hole/</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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