Cost of gasoline, worldwide- Good thing we bike

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It's supposed to. But our local and state governments are in budget trouble. That means that money goes from where it should to pay for other things that it wasn't designated for.

Yea, that eternal problem.

The interesting thing in our area...is that now when city council debates, it isn't about whether or not we should have bike lanes, it's where and what type. A good thing and very different from 5 yrs. ago.

But still the same *****in' and complaining about lack of roads, which is not the case when a commute drive is only 45 min. from the furtherest edge of city into downtown core/vice versa. It's 60 min. for Vancouver and Toronto.

And Calgary is getting expanded light rapid transit rail, this very moment..they're being built right now. This is quite important in the city politics dynamic because we're in Canada's richest oil and energy jurisdiction. So anything to counteract the economic boom here that is due to the oil exploration,etc (which won't last), is good. Spend that money on mass transit..now. We need it because we're the fastest growing city in Canada.