From: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX (The dc-cycles list administrator) To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Errors-To: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX Subject: dc-cycles digest for 12/16/05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ /-----\ __ 'dc-cycles' is an unmoderated email discussion list (__\/ _____ \/__) about motorcycling in the Washington D.C. area. =( \___/ )= \ ___ / An archive of the dc-cycles list is available at: | / _ \ | http://www.dc-cycles.org/ \ || || / \|| ||/ Subscribe/unsubscribe requests should be sent to: \| |/ dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:43:52 -0500 From: Danny Motorcycle To: DCcycles Subject: [dc-cycles] UK title? Anyone have any experience registering a vehicle with a UK title? any extra hassles to deal with? _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:54:23 -0800 (PST) From: "James O'Connor" Subject: RE: [dc-cycles] Follow-up on Greenway Tolls To: "LindaT." , Dc-Cycles I'm glad other listers have better finger to calculator ability than I apparently do. Obviously, my calculator was set to state funded mode, which slightly inflated actual revenues ;) Thanks for the corrections. - Jimmy --- "LindaT." wrote: > Your math is a little suspect. $448,000 x 250 work days per year = > $112,000,000 The other 110 days won't produce nearly as much. > > FYI and still a lot of money. > > LindaT. > www.CustomTankBags.com > Hollywood, FL > IBA,BMWBMW,AMA > '99 R1100RT Mr Buzzy > '95 F3 Purple Haze > '00 KLR250 Super Sherpa Tenzing > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James O'Connor [mailto:axledeep@XXXXXX] > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:55 PM > To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX > Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Follow-up on Greenway Tolls > > > 70,000 x $6.40 round trip = $448,000 per day = ~$500,000,000 per > year. 500 million dollars a year. wow! > > Thanks for the info. > > - Jimmy > > --- adamme@XXXXXX wrote: > > > Just for those who were wondering if the Greenway tolls are going > > up and when. I have no idea what it costs now but I suspect it's > > much less than what it *will* be. > > -aki > > > > > > ************************************************************* > > > > Va. Tolls To Increase Soon > > Dulles Greenway Toll Will Get More Expensive > > Drivers in Virginia will soon have to pay a little more to use > the > > Dulles Greenway toll. > > > > Toll fees are going up for the sixth time in 10 years. The new > fees > > will begin Jan. 1. > > > > Most drivers will now pay $3.20 on weekdays, and $3 on the > > weekends. > > > > In addition, discounts during non-peak hours and for Smart Tag > > users will be eliminated. > > > > About 70,000 vehicles travel daily on the 14-mile road that > > connects Loudoun County to Dulles Airport and the Dulles Toll > Road. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:24:58 -0500 From: Michael Jordan To: Paul Wilson Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Follow-up on Greenway Tolls Cc: "James O'Connor" , dc-cycles@XXXXXX > Also, some people don't go all the way to/from Leesburg, > so not everyone is paying $3.20 either. Unless they've changed their policies recently, the Greenway is one price - doesn't matter if you go the whole length of just the half mile to Old Ox road -- Michael J. '86 SRX-6 '93 GSX1100G '03 DL1000 AMA IBA #3901 USAF (Ret) NRA etc. _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:10:10 -0500 From: "Chris Norloff" To: "List-dc cycles" Subject: [dc-cycles] lotsa ICE ! Lots of ice out there - bridges especially, of course. Chris _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:08:46 -0500 From: Thomas Jordan To: DCCycles Subject: [dc-cycles] Greenway Annual Toll Revenue Random numbers, etc. The est. 70k vehicles per day is a total figure, not each way. For year 2004, operating expenses were $13.9m. Earning before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization [EBITDA]: $26.9m. [Annual Revenue In millions] 1996 - $6.2 1997 - $8.5 1998 - $10.7 1999 - $14.1 2000 - $19.8 2001 - $23.0 2002 - $26.2 2003 - $33.1 2004 - $40.8 All of this information, as well as some other neat facts were stolen, without permission, from: http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/mig/acrobat/dulles_greenway_investment_pres.pdf _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:13:17 -0500 From: "Julian Halton" To: "DCCycles" Subject: [dc-cycles] What to avoid for next track season! http://media.kladblog.com/media/200512/bikers.wmv _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:27:24 -0500 From: Paul Wilson To: Michael Jordan , DCCycles Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Follow-up on Greenway Tolls Not true. I've entered at Claiborne (?) Pkwy. and gone to Rt. 28 and the EZ-Pass bill was $1.90. http://www.dullesgreenway.com/cgi-bin/dgtolls2.cfm?home=dg On 12/16/05, Michael Jordan wrote: > > Also, some people don't go all the way to/from Leesburg, > > so not everyone is paying $3.20 either. > > Unless they've changed their policies recently, the Greenway is one > price - doesn't matter if you go the whole length of just the half > mile to Old Ox road > > -- > Michael J. > '86 SRX-6 > '93 GSX1100G > '03 DL1000 > AMA > IBA #3901 > USAF (Ret) > NRA > etc. > -- Paul in DC - www.wilsonline.org 95 VFR - 90 KLR _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:59:14 -0500 From: skip CC: DCCycles Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Greenway Annual Toll Revenue Thomas Jordan wrote: > All of this information, as well as some other neat facts were stolen, > without permission, from: > http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/mig/acrobat/dulles_greenway_investment_pres.pdf Maximum Tolls scheduled to 2007 - Current toll $2.40 (for cars at the main toll plaza during peak periods) - $2.70 from January 2006 - $3.00 from July 2007 _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:09:44 -0800 (PST) From: matthew patton Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Greenway Annual Toll Revenue To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX from that Aussie PDF > Average household income (2004) $104,575 $84,857 the AVERAGE of the USA income is $85K? Is that for real? And I thought I was overpaid!