The Intercounty Connector is a controversial new highway initiative where I live in Montgomery County, Maryland. TMALSS, or yada yada for the Seinfeld generation (though if you go to that link you may be less of a Seinfeld fan,) construction has started and there was supposed to be a contiguous bicycle path along its entire length but now the state and county folks are trying to back out, claiming environmental impacts and budget constraints. Instead, there will be some sections of new trail, then routing onto surface streets, and so on. Not a big deal for experienced cyclists, but guaranteed to be an impediment to the general population and just a plain old stupid idea. Let's see: gas is at $3.70 a gallon, so let's discourage bicycling...
The Washington Area Bicyclist's Association is lobbying to fight this - if you would like to weigh in, go here to send email to the county bumblers officials. Thank you and have a nice day.
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