BIKE: How oil affects gasoline prices; CATCO "public" input and the CATCO lobby

[Roger Baker]

[This is from the energyresources list. Since we're distinctly above 
$50 a barrel oil now, we must be soon heading toward the second set of 
numbers. -- Roger]


Here's a very rough example of how gas prices
vary with crude prices:

$28/bbl crude oil
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Crude - 0.70/gal
Taxes - 0.43/gal
Refining - 0.24/gal
Distribution - 0.23/gal
TOTAL - 1.60/gal



$56/bll crude oil
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Crude - 1.40/gal
Taxes - 0.45/gal
Refining - 0.25/gal
Distribution - 0.25/gal
TOTAL - 2.35/gal

Crude price increased 100% but pump price increased less than 50%.
Crude's contribution to pump price went from 44% to 60% because the
other components don't vary much as a function of energy costs. It's
oversimplified, but you get the idea.

                              
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[This is agenda item #3 for the Monday Oct. 11 CAMPO meeting.  This 
expansion of FM 2222 supported by the CATCO road lobby shows every sign 
of being orchestrated by that lobby group, IMO. The public response was 
supposedly 69 in favor (including CATCO) and one against! Also 3M Corp. 
wants this road widened. You can also see the following input by going 
to agenda item #3 at the following link and downloading the PDF file. 
This is proposed to be paid for by raiding the STP 4C funds, which 
could also potentially go to bikes. A bunch of proposed Austin road 
expansions were downgraded and now the money saved is proposed to be 
transferred to widening FM 2222, which will obviously cost a fortune. 
Too bad none of the biking community was hip to this behind-the-scenes 
road lobby organizing or they could have gotten in on the gravy. -- 
Roger]

http://www.campotexas.org/comm_tpb_agendas.php




CAPITAL AREA  TRANSPORTATION COALITION

Resolution in Support  of Expansion of RM 2222 from RM 620 to Loop 360

Whereas, RM 2222 is part of the region’s highway network;

Whereas, the completion of the region’s highway network is a critical 
priority;

Whereas, the Austin area has inadequate east-west access;

Whereas, the only connection from Downtown Austin to the 4 Points area 
is on  RM 2222;

Whereas, this area has seen extensive residential, commercial and 
employment  growth;

Whereas, the neighborhoods and 3M a major industry are supportive of 
this  expansion;

Whereas, the current CAMPO plan allows for a MAD 4;

Whereas, the existing cross section is 4-5 undivided lanes;

Whereas, the highway has been the location of many accidents, injuries 
and  deaths;

Now therefore, be it resolved that the Executive Committee of the 
Capital Area  Transportation Coalition on behalf of the Board of 
Directors strongly recommends  that the CAMPO 2025 Transportation Plan 
be amended to upgrade RM 2222 to a  MAD 6.

Approved this 23 rd day of September 2004.

Terry Bray   Chairman 2003-04

Bruce Byron    Executive Director


Public Comments received via mail and email on RM 2222 Plan Amendment   
  Contact From  For  Against  1 Deborah Denning  X    2 Charles Farmer  
X    3 Jay Mechling  X    4 Millard McBurney  X    5 Kirsten Hanna  X   
  6 Suzanne Gonzalez  X    7 Jennifer Hornish  X    8 Wick Tobias  X    
9 Amy Sell  X    10 John Moore  X    11  Mitch and Elizabeth Medford  X 
    12 Richard Capozza  X    13 Alica Harrison  X    14 Scott Thomas  X  
   15 Kirsten Brenna  X    16 Jason Hodges  X    17 Nichelle Bielinski  
X    18 Kevin Kramer  X    19 Sheila Droski  X    20 Greg Hyde  X    21 
Chi Cao  X    22 Raymond Wolf  X    23 Courtlend Little  X    24 Clark 
Stevens  X    25 Melissa Burnett  X    26 Jeni Scheibe  X    27 Shanubh 
Desai  X    28 Jennifer Mitchell  X    29 Jennifer Desai  X    30 Eric 
Paul  X    31 Melanie Garnett  X    32 Daisy Longmire  X    33 Mark 
Davis  X    34 Per Edstrom  X    35 J Russell  X    36 M Stevens  X    
37 Maggie Tate  X    38 Shailesh Patel  X    39 Stefani Zoller  X    40 
Ravi Singh  X    41 Jeffrey Moll  X    42 Haney Michael  X    43  Scott 
and Lesley Rayer  X    44 Elizabeth Hill  X    45 Patricia Goddard  46 
Bryan Smith  X    47 Catherine Digiaimo  X    48 Robert Wright  X   49 
Max Jordan  X    50 Diane Wiegrefe  X    51 Cynthia Cooke  X    52 
Steve Wahlbin  X    53 Melissa Harris  X    54  Eileen Wright Swan  X   
  55 Lori McCollum  X    56  3M (Russell Bridges and David Wilson)  X    
57 Leslie Shaffer  X    58 Jonathan Gardner  X    59 Jeanine Bishoping  
X    60 Mike McCollum  X    61 Katherine Mathis  X    62 Brooke 
Townsend-Garces  X    63 Zia Ahmed  X    64  Claudia Adriana Cox  X    
65  Elizabeth & Stuart Hackett  X    66 Bethany Little  X    67 Marcy 
Garriott  X    68 Brian Freeman  X    69  Capital Area Transportation 
Coalition (CATC)  X

Against  1 Troy Reish    X