BIKE: Car of the future?

[Roger Baker]

I just read somewhere that Beijing China has banned bikes from the  
central city. I couldn't find that piece, but here is a similar  
previous announcement about Shanghai. How crazy can us Yanks get in  
the realm of auto-eroticism compared to China?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3303655.stm

Meanwhile, here is Kunstler's latest dart thrown at the anti-esthetic  
mindset of the California dept of Transportation, reflected in their  
pavement-worship style of architecture:

http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore.html

Today Caltrans, tomorrow TxDOT. Seig heil! -- Roger