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By Jason Kambitsis March 19, 2010 | 12:48 pm | Categories: Infrastructure

Read More Policy Statement

At long last, the feds have said the needs of pedestrians and cyclists must be placed alongside, not behind, those of motorists.

In what amounts to a sea change for the Department of Transportation, the automobile will no longer be the prime consideration in federal transportation planning. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the needs of pedestrians and cyclists will be considered along with those of motorists, and he makes it clear that walking and riding are “an important component for livable communities.”

“People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning,” LaHood wrote on his blog. “This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.”

He goes on:

We are integrating the needs of bicyclists in federally-funded road projects. We are discouraging transportation investments that negatively affect cyclists and pedestrians. And we are encouraging investments that go beyond the minimum requirements and provide facilities for bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities.

LaHood’s announcement came on the heels of his appearance at the National Bike Summit, where he was greeted like a rock star and told the crowd, “Our mission is the same as your mission,” and “I think we’re beginning to put our money where our mouth is on these issues.”

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Your result for The 3 Variable Funny Test…

the Cutting Edge

your humor style:
CLEAN | SPONTANEOUS | DARK

Your humor’s mostly innocent and off-the-cuff, but somehow there’s something slightly menacing about you. Part of your humor is making people a little uncomfortable, even if the things you say aren’t themselves confrontational. You probably have a very dry delivery, or are seriously over-the-top.

Your type is the most likely to appreciate a good insult and/or broken bone and/or very very fat person dancing.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: David Letterman – John Belushi

The 3-Variable Funny Test!
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Oh, it’s such a hot summer. Maybe it’s a fever that Gia is developing.

You know how it is – you get an infection, you run a fever to burn it off.

If Gia can’t burn off the infection in a century or two, she’ll call her doctor, God.

And God will say “Take 2 asteroids and call me in 100 years. If it doesn’t clear up after that, I’ll arrange a nearby supernova and get you a good cleansing radiation bath. But, Gia – you have to be careful, I hope we caught this in the larval stage – you know how infectious intelligent life can be once it gets past the larval stage – don’t let it infect your family, we’ll have a helluva time clearing THAT up! Be especially careful around your daughter, Moon, you know how delicate she is, she’s so close to you.”

“Remember, don’t let this fever get out of hand, you saw what it did to your sister, Venus” God continues; “You know that once you get an intelligence infection, you’ll have to live with it for pretty much the rest of your life – but, with a good fever, get some heat into you, we can control it, kill off most of those pesky bugs, with a few exceptions of those hardy black ones who’ve adapted to the heat. Maybe we can follow the heat with a good ice bath or two to help keep those critters down.”

And Gia replies: “Aw, gee, I hope I don’t have to do that radiation bath thing again. Last time, I itched for 100 million years and all my hair fell out. I’ll definitely watch the fever and take a couple of asteroids and a good ice soak. I’ll call you in 100 years.”

MJ