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[quote=Anonymous]If there is such a thing as a "bike lobby", it must be one of the most unsuccessful lobbies in the history of lobbying. Even in DC and in spite of recent initiatives, the amount of road space and transportation budgets that are allowed to bike-specific infrastructure are miniscule compared to the proportion of people who commute by bike or bike recreationally. The inequality is even more stark considering that bikes create none of the negative externalities - e.g., pollution, injuries and fatalities, obesity, human productivity lost in traffic jams - that vehicular traffic does. So, yes, a rather useless lobby if indeed one exists beyond the minds of those who seem to harbor an irrational hatred of bikes and infrastructure that protects the lives of people young, middle-aged, and old who ride bikes.[/quote]
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