Cyclists pay the property and general taxes that fund roads.
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Residents paying general taxes while also riding bicycles is an ordinary feature of the tax system that neither side meaningfully disputes.
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Who pays for Edmonton's roads, drivers or everybody?
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Where it came from
Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this one is listed whatever became of it.
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Every wording of this claim found in the source, quoted exactly. The names are pseudonyms, one to a person within the source.
cyclists pay property taxes
Misty Squirrel C.
Every adult cyclist is a taxpayer, genius
Boreal Hare I.
every adult pays taxes which is where the money for roads come from. It’s not just drivers
Boreal Hare I.
Cyclists also pay taxes…
Mossy Beaver J.
people without cars still pay taxes in other ways that help to fund roads
Mossy Beaver J.