-> "Putting entertainment centers in automobiles does not contribute to safe driving. When you’re trying to update your Facebook or put out a tweet, it’s a distraction."
— Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
https://tinyurl.com/4su5qvo
-> "Strolling through the international Toy Fair at the Javits Center in New York City last week was like walking through the brightly painted halls of a children’s hospital — at once cheery and sad. Cheery were the shiny bikes and busy ant farms. Sad was the way the marketers made it sound like they were peddling early intervention in a box…"
Via Streetsblog Capitol Hill: https://tinyurl.com/4fct4e6
-> "Two highways were having a drink in a bar when a piece of pink tarmac walked in. The highways dropped to the floor and cowered under the table. The pink tarmac had a drink and then left. The highways got up and resumed drinking. ‘Why did you guys hide from that piece of tarmac?’ the bartender asked. A highway was quick to respond, ‘Are you kidding? That guy’s a cycle path!’"
— Source unknown
from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.
Biking in Baltimore