A New Jersey high school’s environmental club raised money for a new bike rack on Earth Day, but their school administration replied that “it does not make sense … to promote the riding of bicycles to school.” Why? Because years of engineering surrounding roads for cars and nobody else has made it dangerous for walkers and bikers. Discouraging walking and biking is not the solution. Via WashCycle.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.