Originally Posted by
jon c.
I think the entire article is based on flimsy evidence and sketchy history. Gives John Forester way too much credit and grossly inflates the impact of his theories. The idea that no one was building bike lanes in the 70s because everyone agreed that VC was the way to go is just not true.
I don't think it helped that non-cycling-advocacy-anti-bike-infrastructure-forces found a political ally within the cycling advocate community, where bike infrastructure is concerned...