Bicycling poised to destroy American civilization, says National Association of Manufacturers
imminent death of car-based culture May 11th, 2010
I missed this response to Ray LaHood’s new bike-friendly transportation focus the first time it came around, back in March:
“Treating bicycles and other non-motorized transportation as equal to motorized transportation would cause an economic catastrophe,” Carter Wood, a senior adviser at the National Association of Manufacturers, told The New York Times. “If put it into effect, the policy would more than undermine any effort the Obama administration has made toward jobs. You can’t have jobs without the efficient movement of freight.”
Thankfully, it got resurrected today here, of all places.
–Erik Ryberg
May 11th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I read that CNN article this morning, and I was waiting to see a post here about it. The general attitude in the article, especially from John Hook is disturbing. There is a sense of entitlement that people should be able to run anything off the road that isn’t 2000 pounds. Drivers are not entitled to drive the entire width of the road and hit anything that might be on the pavement. I’m not sure how we got to that stage in America.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:30 am
In car commercials, there’s never
anythimg else on the road. How many
of those do you suppose have been
viewed over the past few decades?
Share!?!? hell!