House minority leader John Boehner is a prick. He's very anti-bike, as BikePortland.org reports here. The direct quote is this:
"I think there's a place for infrastructure, but what kind of infrastructure? Infrastructure to widen highways, to ease congestion for American families? Is it to build some buildings that are necessary? But if we're talking about beautification projects, or we're talking about bike paths, Americans are not going to look very kindly on this."
Here is the video:
Right... Cheap bike lanes that make cycling safer, easier, and more attractive - and thus get many cars off the road and out of congestion, is a horrible idea. What a prick. That fact that I only put gas in my truck once every couple of months, as opposed to once a week, does nothing to help our energy crisis. Making it safer for kids to bike to school so they can stay in shape and their parents can save gas and time dropping them off is just bullshit. Bleh. Sarcasm on the internet is stupid.
He also said some worse things about the bike tax credit (that is turning out to be very hard to implement, but is fixable.) You can listen to his comments in the first BikePortland link or watch the video here - except in the video link you have to deal with an annoying commentator.
Like many cities, Baltimore's bike-friendliness begins at the top. Bikes are buoyed by the city's Bicycle Master Plan (that was adopted in 2006) that is wholly supported by their mayor Sheila Dixon. Dixon was elected in 2007 and she's an avid cyclist. Dixon leads weekly morning rides (which are open to anyone) and last year she put the city's dollars behind biking with the hire of bike and pedestrian planner Nate Evans.
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