I’ve been noticing for years a trend inside of government transportation entities of spending lots of money on stupidity, and resisting capacity increases. The transpocrats would hide behind a lot of buzzwords, but wouldn’t come out of the closet and declare open war on the automobile. That was then. This is now.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced a “major policy revision” that aims to give bicycling and walking the same policy and economic consideration as driving.
Same consideration. That means spend as much money on bike trails as roads. The knucklehead doesn’t seem to get the concept that more than just people travel over roads. This is how the greenies want to get goods around:
Savage, you ready to trade in your 18-wheeler?
And as an aside, what was all that b***sh*t in the campaign about “replacing our crumbling infrastructure”? They didn’t mention what they wanted to replace it with. Kind of like “hope and change”. The devil is in the details.
Mr. LaHood also indicated the department is discouraging “transportation investments that negatively affect cyclists and pedestrians.”
That means anything that you can drive on.
Two wheels good. Three wheels bad.
So leave it to NYT to show dismay that anyone would have the temerity to disagree:
Nonetheless, some business groups have expressed concern that giving walking and biking the same policy considerations as other transportation modes, as Mr. LaHood recommended, would impede progress on other fronts.
Ya think?
“Treating bicycles and other nonmotorized transportation as equal to motorized transportation would cause an economic catastrophe,” warned Carter Wood, a senior adviser at the National Association of Manufacturers. “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.”
What a buzzkill. Greedy companies want to use the roads to get products to those consumers. You know, the ones over there that are buying all that shit.
Rush Hour in Obamaland.
It’s going to be a long three years.
hat tip to Ma Sands by savage. 🙂
Tags: Bong Dreams, Hippies, Transportation
