Can Seattle think of a more inane way to waste money? According to the Seattle Times article, they plan to spend a total of 27 million dollars on a Bicycle Master Plan. What a joke. They say the number of bikes entering downtown Seattle increased by one third since the year 2000. So how many cyclists do you think would warrant 7% of a 365 million dollar transportation budget? 10,000 bikes? 15,000 bikes? Maybe, 20,000 bikes? Nooooo... try a total of 2,273 bikes. That's right. 2,273 bikes entered downtown Seattle on Sept. 19th. Big freaking deal.

And that's on Sept. 19th. Anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest knows that it rains much of the winter. When it isn't raining it's colder than heck. Plus, it isn't exactly flat. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that all but a few goretex and neoprene covered cycling zealots will be using these improvements year round. At best it might cause a few more people to ride a bike in the summer months, but that's about it.

The city council and the mayor are high on Al Gore's global warming fumes. Well here's an inconvenient truth Mayor Nickels. YOU ARE WASTING PEOPLE'S MONEY.

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