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From the "Trash Talk" section of the League of American Bicyclists website:
As reported in the Courthouse News Service article “Republicans Ridicule Bike Lanes,” Republican Congressmen derided Republican Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood for his call for a “sea change” in the Department of Transportation to treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes. At a Congressional hearing, Ohio Republican Steven LaTourette asked, "What job is going to be created by having a bike lane?" Tom Latham, the Representative from Iowa, said that a cyclist is one fewer person paying into the transportation trust fund. He claimed that other transportation needs are being "swept aside." Representative LaTourette even got a personal dig in, asking, “Is there still mandatory drug-testing at the department?”
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As reported in the Courthouse News Service article “Republicans Ridicule Bike Lanes,” Republican Congressmen derided Republican Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood for his call for a “sea change” in the Department of Transportation to treat walking and bicycling as equals with other transportation modes. At a Congressional hearing, Ohio Republican Steven LaTourette asked, "What job is going to be created by having a bike lane?" Tom Latham, the Representative from Iowa, said that a cyclist is one fewer person paying into the transportation trust fund. He claimed that other transportation needs are being "swept aside." Representative LaTourette even got a personal dig in, asking, “Is there still mandatory drug-testing at the department?”
Read the rest of this article here. From the "Trash Talk" section of the League of American Bicyclists website:
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http://www.bikeleague.org/action/trashtalk/#LaTourette