Quotes from Jody Rosen

For three straight years—1972, 1973, and 1974—bicycles outsold cars in the United States.

cycling is a nonstop exercise in crash prevention,

The issues that preoccupy bicycle advocates in the West—bike commuting as a planning priority and "lifestyle choice"—have little connection to the reality of the hundreds of millions for whom cycling is simply a necessity, the only viable and affordable means of travel.