WATCH: Barcelona was never an obvious candidate to be a bike-friendly city. They knew traffic jams & air pollution couldn’t be solved just by managing cars & trucks. It took the pandemic for them to really transform things. ANY city could do the same now.

Here’s the truth. If a politician claimed loudly that cigarette smoking was actually good for you, he might be popular with smokers, but he would still be 100% wrong and irresponsible. That’s basically what Ford is doing. Calling something “common sense“ doesn’t make a lie the truth. Smart bike infrastructure mitigates traffic congestion. It allows more people to move in less space, with more choice, less public cost, fewer emissions, and less pollution. And it’s proven to provide an economic advantage for cities. It doesn’t cause congestion or make it worse. It keeps congestion from getting worse as we grow. That’s what all the evidence ACTUALLY shows. Designing car dependency makes traffic worse and more dangerous for everyone, including drivers. I actually suspect Ford knows all that. But he doesn’t care. He wants you angry just like his brother did, and distracted from the traffic congestion that his awful decisions around sprawl and car dependency have actually induced. I don’t know if it’s “common,” but it sure as hell is a fact.