January 24, 2013

The Myth of the Bicycle Backlash

It’s about Seattle, but doesn’t it sound familiar?

From The Stranger:

… the Seattle Times loves to riff on a theme about a “war on cars,” with their editorial writers saying that drivers are being “shoved aside” for the “transfer of asphalt to bicycle lanes.”

The paper confidently declares that “now is not the time to fund bicycle improvements.” Then there are the busybodies at neighborhood meetings, such as one who recently told Seattle City Council’s Transportation Committee chair that “bicyclists are militant and looking to cause a conflict whenever they can.”

But, as a new poll shows, most people in Seattle don’t believe that anti-bicycle rhetoric.

They believe the opposite.

Bike backlash

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