Also, I've been wondering how long until American citizens are arrested for speaking out against the regime. Or if it's already happened.

Incredible. I knew they were bad but I didn't expect them to be this incompetent.

Good point!

My supportive non-cycling friends often point to the higher fatality rate of cycling vs driving as a key deterrent for them from riding. Personal experience has shown how critically important lights, mirrors, and so on are, but hard data would be useful.

This is in Scranton, in Pennsylvania, in the US. Car-free life is absolutely possible in many parts of our country. But we deserve so many more places that are not car dependent.

What would our rust belt city look like with $9000 more per person per year?

I was able to drastically reduce my spending on unnecessary things after starting to do a monthly tabulation that I learned from Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez.