Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin dares to take on the "complete streets" mafia with this piece headlined "New bike lanes bring confusion and criticism." Feel the condescension emanating from the City of Minneapolis' "non-motorized transportation programmer," Shaun Murphy,
"I drive and I don't like to be stuck in traffic either," said Murphy. "It's part of the trade-offs. In some of these places, there have also been huge safety improvements for both cars and bikes. It's a balancing act, and we have to compromise."
He means you, the driver, have to compromise by not getting to where you want to go.
EFf that. People have compromised so much for cars over the past 80 - 100, especially in the US, at huge costs to community, safety, and the environment. Screw cars - gas, electric, biodiesel, air - they all take up a lot of space and create issue with equity (i.e. one person walking a dog is subservient to one person in their car). They're crap and don't belong in cities.
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