Despite a burgeoning bicycling culture here, they closed the most important span between our best bike infrastructure and rest of state, because it conflicted with $680 million in bike banning automotive construction. Instead we got a temporary sand strewn detour to replace the almost as narrow Geo. Washington sidewalk.

The last 5 administrations have shown serious disrespect for cycling with token improvements. We need officials smart enough to realize that bike infrastructure yields a return on investment of 20:1 in health and quality of life benefits. Our billion dollars they recently spent in highways will only be followed by another billion in unsustainable repairs, a net loss for majority.