Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

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There you go, cars have more rights than humans in America.
- Guns, cars, computers... Everything but the people.
Sometimes I am still amazed that street safety managed to become another culture war issue.
- It kind of makes sense if you consider right wing beliefs to be driven by fear. The world is scary, so drive a big "safe" car. Other people riding bikes challenges this world view, because if they're brave enough to ride a bike and I'm not then I'm not the best, and that's just not true. So bikes and bikers are bad. They're bad because they make me feel bad.
I live in San Diego, one of the cities getting its grant money pulled. San Diego is a near ideal place to have a bike-centered transportation system. Inclement weather is rare, and I use a bike for my daily transportation. I bike more miles per year than I drive. There is a decent bike path network, but there is lots of room for improvement, so it sucks that the money is being pulled. Cargo bike and ebike adoption could make a lot of sense for so many people, but a lot of people are rightfully afraid of dicing it out with cars.
- I just got back from visiting family in Encinitas and damn near everyone has a bike there, majority of them are e-bikes.
Biking is such a great and underrated mode of transportation too. Lots of global cities have great bike infrastructure and overall it's cheaper, healthier, requires less time stuck in traffic, offers more foot traffic for local businesses, requires less space for parking, etc.