More from our enlightened friends abroad

Those clever fellows in Copenhagen have stopped ogling bike babes long enough to read a European Union report on cycling, and all I can say is How long does it take to get my passport renewed?

‘73 % OF EUROPEANS THINK THAT BICYCLES SHOULD BENEFIT FROM PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT COMPARED WITH CARS.’

73% of Europeans. There are 494 million Europeans in the Union. That means that 360 million of them are, more or less, very pro-bicycle. That's more people than live in the USA and Canada and Australia put together.

If that's not an optimistic statistic, we don't know what is. In addition, 83% of Europeans agree that public transport should recieve preferential treatment over private cars and 82% say that environmental questions are a priority issue. Again... groovaliciousness.
Get on your bikes.

‘THE MOBILITY THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH THE PRIVATE CAR HAS MERGED WITH APOCALYPTIC IMAGES OF TOWNS THAT HAVE COME TO A COMPLETE STANDSTILL. ’

That's the European Union talking, mind you. And now that OPEC has decided to trade in all their dollars for Euros, the US had better charge up its Nite Riders for the long twilight ahead.