[saganite]

LaHood (Dept of Transportation Sec) says the government is going to give bicycling – and walking, too – the same importance as automobiles in transportation planning and the selection of projects for federal money. The former Republican congressman quietly announced the “sea change” in transportation policy last month.

“This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized,” he wrote in his government blog.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/bicycle-policy-ray-lahood_n_536791.html

[livius]

Hah! Ever tried to ride a bike on a gravel road? I think they’ve got a surprise coming...

[WVKayaker]

“This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized,” he wrote in his government blog.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized,” he wrote in his government blog.

That line is straight out of "Atlas Shrugged" - sounds like Ma Chalmers and her soybeans getting government subsidized rail service while Minnesota's wheat rots in the granaries. LaHood exemplifies today's Republican - a go-along-to-get-along statist who can never quite surrender enough to earn the trust he craves from his masters.

[Blue Collar Christian]

We see this bicycle favoring work in Flagstaff, AZ, and I wonder what taxes the bicyclists pay to support such a program.