30.00% - Bikes contribute nothing measurable to road wear — taxing cyclists for road upkeep is a non-starter.
27.50% - Government spending can help redistribute wealth concentrated among too few.
22.50% - The pandemic exposed how underfunded public schools are — they couldn't get ventilation upgrades, substitute teachers, or rapid tests; that's a resource allocation failure.
20.00% - Road damage scales with the fourth power of axle weight — doubling a vehicle's weight multiplies road damage by sixteen, which is why heavy trucks are so destructive.
Greater bicycle ridership extends the life of roads.
50.00% - Subsidize bike infrastructure and get more people out of cars — the road math works heavily in bikes' favor.
50.00% - Reclaiming road space for bike paths or pedestrian zones where the math supports it is good urban planning, not an attack on drivers.
50.00% - Greater bicycle ridership extends the life of roads.
50.00% - Every trip taken by bike rather than car reduces road maintenance costs.
0.00% - A great way to extend the life of roads is to encourage greater bike ridership.
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