2011 Bike Summit is here

The Bike Summit is here, but many of us are not there. Still, thanks to the internet we can all follow along a little.

Fox DC 5 has some local coverage of the event.

 

National Bike Summit in DC Calls on Congress To Fund Cycling Improvements: MyFoxDC.com

And bike league has an interview with keynote speaker, Secretary Ray LaHood

Who seems to be in good spirits even if not everyone loves his emphasis on biking

Treating bicycles and other non-motorized transportation as equal to motorized transportation would cause an economic catastrophe. If put into effect, the policy would more than undermine any effort the Obama Administration has made toward jobs. You can’t have jobs without the efficient movement of freight.

Which, as someone pointed out in the comments, is a false choice. We can have livable cities and efficient freight movement. The two probably go hand in hand.

Piggy-backing on the event was a show of commuter bikes at the House of Sweden.

 

Comments

[oboe]

You can’t have jobs without the efficient movement of freight.

Dumbest fucking argument against bike infrastructure ever. Pardon my French, but in my dotage I'm becoming increasingly irritated by naked, disingenuous sophistry.