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Should bicycling and walking be part of America’s planned and funded transportation future? The Rails-to-Trails Conservatory and Bikes Belong, two nonprofits with a vested interest in YES YES YES, give a report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
WashCycle links to the nearly hourlong video available on CSPAN and comments on the historical overview by the committee chair Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) on “transformational eras of transportation in America”:
The first is in the 1890’s when cyclists lobby for a grant to study a system of paved roadways to get the horseless carriages off their trails (irony).
Wait, cyclists once lobbied the government about the problem of cars on the roads? HA.
