Originally Posted by
gcottay
Here in the US there is always a legislative silly season in which hard-working and mostly ignored legislators get some attention with quixotic proposals. Perhaps that is also true in Bolivia.
That's my suspicion too.
I didn't click through but I assume the link is to the road.cc article, which is just a rehash of a Google Translate pass on a Spanish language editorial. It's possible that the original opinion piece exaggerates the actual language of the bill, which might just be something like a resolution that says the city should encourage people to bike to work one day a week in the same way many U.S. city mayors proclaim bike to work day. Color me skeptical.
American news snippet: "Mayor Smith proclaimed the third Friday of May shall be Bike to Work Day."
Chinese discussion in bikes.baidu.com: "American party chief says workers shall bike to work third Friday of May!"