Today’s Headlines
- Obama, Romney Vie For the Fossil Fuel Vote, Say Nothing About Climate (Grist)
- If Obama Wins, LaHood Might Stay After All (Politico, Transport Topics)
- Next American City: Why Do the Debates Ignore Cities?
- FTA Issues First Guidance on MAP-21 (Examiner)
- Feds to Fund $1.6B Light-Rail Extension in Charlotte, NC (Observer)
- Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space Sums Up Streetcar Progress Across the Country
- It’s Not Easy to Rely on Transit in the Connecticut ‘Burbs (Hartford Courant)
- Minneapolis Considers Bike-Friendly Law Changes (Star Tribune)
- Gov. Snyder Wants Progress on Detroit Mass Transit (Free Press)
- The Transit-Oriented Development That Centers on… an Auto Showroom (Planitzen, Patch)
- Lessons From Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail (Creative Loafing)
For a kick, check out the comments on the Minneapolis bike article. They contain just about every single trope of motorist entitlement:
– “Bikers” don’t pay for roads
– Enough already with coddling this fringe minority
– Accommodations for cyclists cause congestion
– They can get their rights if they start obeying the rule
– It’s so rude the way they cause drivers to kill them (my personal favorite)
Is this really America’s number one bike city? http://www.bicycling.com/news/featured-stories/1-bike-city-minneapolis
I guess that says more about America than Bicycling Magazine.