As an interesting footnote, many of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's recommendations that Busalacchi mentions were excised by the Bush administration despite 9-3 support by the members:
http://www.nationalcorridors.org/papers/PressRel01212008.html Unfortunately, the administration seems to be committed at this time to the 2006 plan to reduce congestion, backed by libertarian think tanks and companies with an interest in hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The result, as you can imagine, focuses mainly on improving automobile mobility with funds obtained from tolling. It does have public transportation components, but those are mainly limited to "Bus Rapid Transit" or BRT, which have very little long term benefits for bicyclists in terms of the built environment. http://www.fightgridlocknow.gov/ http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/congestion/index.htm Some might question how the promotion of rail transit infrastructure benefits bicycling. The answer is that the presence of rail transit frequently encourages the kind of dense mixed-use development that makes for an optimal urban bicycling experience. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
