The Mobility Week In Review

Bicycles in the crosshairs: conservative parties ramp up their opposition to cycling

Bicycles in the crosshairs: conservative parties ramp up their opposition to cycling
Miguel Elizondo |

This issue of The Mobility Week in Review covers a range of topics, including the noteworthy decisions made by conservative governments to discourage bicycle usage, the remarkable surge in electric car sales across Europe, and the upcoming creation of a new software division at Porche.

So let's stop beating about the bush and get right down to it...

🚳 The start of an ideological witch hunt targeting bicycles

Can a vehicle possess an ideology? Do progressive and conservative mobility paradigms exist? It appears that the present generation of political figures is fervently inclined to provide an affirmative response to these queries. Conservative factions, staunchly asserting the insignificance of pollution's ramifications on the environment, have zeroed in on the bicycle as their ideological adversary. The repercussions of this resolute stance are now manifesting themselves in various nooks and crannies of Europe.