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DOT Chief: Two-Wheelers Don’t Count

Writer protests claim that bike funding harms roads and bridges

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 14, 2007 6:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bicyclists and green activists beg to differ with Mary Peters, the US transportation secretary who decreed last month that bicycle and walking paths shouldn’t fall under her funding purview, and spending on them may be to blame for the poor state of roads and...   Read full story »

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