The right wing wants to cut important social investments and they are lying about how broke we are. Have been lying about this and promoting Trickle Down Economics since the Reagan era. But we must point out how investments work. In our area of interest, it has been shown that including bicycle infrastructure has shown major decreases in accidents of all three transit types (bike/ped/auto), due to the fact that roads are being thinned, cars are having to slow their speeds, while more people are attracted to walking and bicycling, which in turn increases ridership levels thereby supporting the “Safety in Numbers” trends found throughout the world.

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