Bicycles!

I really don't get the visceral reaction [many] drivers have to bicyclists and bike lanes.  They're great, though they could and should be much better.  More people bicycling to work means fewer cars on the road so remaining drivers have less traffic to contend with, and unlike the typical bike lanes we see, [parking] protected bike lanes dramatically increase safety (perceived and real) and therefore make it much more likely people who can will bicycle instead of drive.

Bike Share = Nazi/Stalin/Islamist/Totalitarian/...

The extremely hyperbolic (yes, it needs the extra adverb here) reaction by select [conservatives] to the bike share program is beyond weird.  It is very Onion-esqe, well, if the Onion started publishing really unbelievable pieces it would be.  I think this take is as good an explanation as any.

Oh, and the Front Page article referenced there is beyond hilarious, and for a change I was pretty happy to read the internet comments which were overwhelmingly insulting toward the writer.