OK, this thread is full of reactionaries like this screaming "DON'T TAKE AWAY MY HELMET OR MY SPANDEX" -- but I'm not seeing a lot of actual interaction with the point of the article.

OK, bikers enjoy their helmets and their spandex, we get it.

BUT, how many of us bikers (a) think more people should ride bikes more often, to more places, and (b) think it is worth removing obstacles that prevent them from doing so?

Sure, spandex isn't keeping you off of a bike, but the article is dead on that there are tons of poor cagers who are intimidated away from biking because all they see is a small crowd of intense cyclists that wear a lot of spandex. Or not much of it, depending on your perspective.

If you don't care what these poor cagers think of you, do you care at all what they think of themselves? Would it be any better for you (us) if you (we) could do things that would help to enlighten more of these poor bastards and get them out there on bikes with us, creating more demand for cycling infrastructure, and more public understanding of and tolerance for cyclists on the road?