I forgot to open a thread, which I'm doing now, about today's Presidential Primaries in Virginia. If you have any opinions on the pro- or anti- bicycle positions of the various candidates. This is your chance to share them. Here are some interesting facts about some of the candidates
Trump once sponsored a bike race called, of course, the Tour de Trump.
Ted Cruz gave an interview in 1988 while on a bicycle.
Hillary Clinton attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metropolitan Branch Trail.
Bernie Sanders played a roll in building the Burlington Bike Path.
There you go. All you need to know to vote now.
I wanted to hear about their transportation policy. I suspect Trump, Cruz, and Rubio would advocate for cutting bicycle and transit funding from transportation spending and they'd promise to keep oil prices low while alleviating congestion by building more roads. Likely Hillary too except she wouldn't cut bicycle and transit funding.
Posted by: Bayley Vanderpoel | March 02, 2016 at 07:09 AM
I biked to the polls yesterday and filled in my little box, even though I felt it was pointless. Such a strange election.
Posted by: DE | March 02, 2016 at 08:34 AM
I hear you. DC's Democratic Primary is literally the last primary or caucus of the year. I think it comes after the convention. Talk about pointless.
Posted by: washcycle | March 02, 2016 at 10:15 AM
I didn't think voting in Virginia was pointless at all, especially on the Republican side, where Rubio nearly beat Trump. I count myself lucky to live in a "swing state". Someday we'll get rid of gerrymandering and votes will matter more.
As for transportation proposals, both Hillary and Bernie favor an infrastructure bank. It gets a mention in this misleadingly-pessimistic article: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/02/26/468298576/economists-on-candidates-proposals-mostly-bad
Republicans don't talk about transportation much. As best I can tell, they've given up on voters in cities.
Posted by: Jonathan Krall | March 02, 2016 at 10:52 AM