Let me set a gloomy picture. In early September, letters were sent out to select US state governments informing them that their federal funding for cycle and pathways was being withdrawn - and it was awash with pro-car sentiment.
In Boston, funding was withdrawn from the city’s plans to improve foot and cyclepaths out of fear that it would change the city’s “current auto-centric configuration”. A San Diego Country road improvement project featuring new bike lanes “appears to reduce lane capacity and a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles,” and so the project’s $1.2 million grant was rescinded.
