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At 01:41 PM 9/17/07, you wrote:

 

>TODAY'S NEWS

>

>Wheeling and Dealing

>U.S. transportation secretary blames bikes for decay of roads and bridges

>

>When one rides a bicycle, one is able to transport oneself from place to

>place -- thus, one might call a bicycle " transportation. " But not if one

>is U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. Despite the fact that 10

>percent of all U.S. trips to work, school, and store happen on bike or

>foot, Peters said in August that bike paths " are really not

>transportation. " She strongly opposes increasing gas taxes to pay for

>aging infrastructure; instead, she has implied that the 1.5 percent cut of

>the gas tax that goes to bike paths and walking trails is stealing tax

>money from more worthy roads and bridges. What may have slipped her mind:

>$1 billion in bridge-repair funding was sent back to the feds unspent by

>state departments of transportation in 2006. So we'd ask, Mary, that you

>not meddle with the pedal.

>

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>source: Salon

 

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