Originally Posted by
The Human Car
If you want to make a case that VC is about recreation and not transportation we still have an irony:
Bikeway advocates using transportation funding for recreational facilities.
VC advocates using transportation infrastructure for recreational activities.
Note that your citation only refers to projects funded by Federal Aid.
I do believe that "irony" is the case. I don't particularly see the significance of such irony as much as come to the conclusion of "so what?"
Many users of transportation facilities use them for all sorts of needs to include driving as a recreational activitiy, or for driving to/from recreational activities.
In fact what is the significance of the source of funding of bicycle trails/facilities? A few of our VC comrades act as if a great fraud is being conducted by spending transportation dollars on bike facilities but have yet to cite any examples where anyone, anywhere has advaced that legal case beyond Internet ranting.