Ridin' With bin Laden? Not on Broadway

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday announced a plan to bar car traffic from sections of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Turning the street over to pedestrians is attempt solve what the city's transportation commissioner called a "problem hidden in plain sight for 200 years." In micro fashion, NYC seems to have bought the notion that cars, like guns, are better left to rural folk.
Elsewhere in trans policy land, Minnesota state Senator Julianne Ortman flipped out over the cover of comedian Bill Maher's 2002 book linking American gas use and terrorism. A University of Minnesota professor projected the cover illustration on a overhead to begin his testimony to the legislature. Ortman cut him off.
Are we still in America?" she said. "I find that to be very offensive, an insult to every person who drives a car. I guess it insults me because I drove to the capitol alone today. I find that very insulting."
If the turban fits, Ms. Ortman.... Watch the video of Ortman spaz out at Twin Cities Streets for People.