Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ned@mstdn.ca ("Ned Yeung") wrote:
Cartoon by Ding (Jay Norwood Darling), May 14, 1921, published on the front page of the Des Moines Register, above the fold.
This is how long the war on active transportation has been going on, financed by Automotive lobbyists.
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- By the way, how about a place in the sun for the small boy with a bicycle? Very old comic shows a boy on a bicycle at the edge of the road, getting yelled at by people in an automobile, "Do you want to get killed? Get off the road!" Next panel shows a man manhandling the boy on the sidewalk, yelling, "Don't you know it's against the law to ride on the sidewalk?" while observers are saying, "It's about time these young rascals were taught to respect the laws." (remote)