Posted on 05/04/2010 9:56:11 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
How nice of LaHood to forget that a renowned science reporter riding her bike home from work was killed last month when she was hit by a five-ton national guard truck ordered into DC by Obama for his nuclear security summit.
I dont recall the WH having a word to say. Apparently she wasnt as important to them as George Tiller.
Not sure where you live, but biking to work in Texas would mean a lot of really smelly, sweaty workers....it is disgustingly hot here.
So, it can be done, however, Sec LaHood is still an idiot.
These morons always confuse bicycling, which is a form of recreation, with being a form of transportation.
Here on the Front Range of Colorado, at an altitude of about a mile, we have very few days that any but extremely healthy 24 year-olds could bike to work.
Today, like many days, the wind is gusting at 50+ mph. Try biking to work in that!
In the summer, it can be brutally hot most days.
In the winter of course we have plenty of days where the high is 20 below zero, with even more days with a high of 10 degrees. Oh, and then there’s all that white stuff that comes down all the time here then and piles up and stays on the roads. And add a bit of wind to that, and guess what, you’ve got a blizzard!
And then what about that 15 pounds of laptop, accessories, and papers to be toted back and forth each time?
And what about moms and dads that drop off and pick up their children to and from work?
And how about those of us who are old and/or sick?
And what if work expects you to use your own vehicle for various job related activities in the day?
What about trips to the store before or after work to buy groceries and such?
What about visiting the doctor or dentist in the middle of the day?
So, if you multiply the few days of decent bicycling weather times the number of people who are extremely fit and completely well, don’t have children, don’t need to go to the store, don’t need their vehicle for work activities, don’t have 15 pounds are more of work-related stuff to tote, don’t need to make other trips in the middle of the day for other reasons, well then, how many people are left that can bike to work? About the number you see now! Which is virtually no one at any time.
Ray LaHood is a fool, and so is anyone who advocates bicycling as a form of transportation.
Actually, now that I think about it, Ray and all employees of the Department of Transportation should immediately set an example and be made to abandon their cars and bike to work at all times to prove the feasibility of this for we peasants.
“I bicycle commute, 20 miles a day, 5 days a week.”
Good on ya!
I’m 52. I ride horses and jog, but a 55 mile round trip to work on a bicycle isn’t feasible. In fact, since I couldn’t take the highway, the round trip would be about 65 miles/day.
Of course, Obama would have me sell the horses to Mexico as food and move into a small apartment within a couple of miles - all to save energy so he and Al Gore can fly more!
Up yours, LaHoodie.
Think I’ll skip some groceries, fill up the tank and drive around in a nice long loop around the metro area.
And it’s even warm enough for AC!
Makes me laugh at the gushing admiration shown to the rickshaws of modern America.
As the rickshaw becomes a novelty in many parts of China and India, they’re catching on here, oh the irony!
You first...lahoodie
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