Today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation program, San Francisco bike plan critic Rob Anderson — whose opposition earned him coverage in the Wall Street Journal last week — will debate the merits of his positions against Noah Budnick from NYC-based advocacy group Transportation Alternatives.
The show starts at 12 noon P.S.T.
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I fequently listen to this show during my lunch break.
This is the 2nd time that Talk of the Nation has produced a story where I know a little something about the topic. And, like the first time, I feel like the producers spent a total of five minutes finding guests and researching the story.
For me, this calls into question all the other stories that come from Talk of the Nation. But that\’s neither here nor there.
The guests on today\’s show offered little in form of solutions to the frictions caused by the massive increase in ridership. There was lots of pitter-patter but I really would have liked to hear a more concrete program.
It seemed like today\’s show was nothing more than an \”Oregonian-ish\” jump on the \”bikes vs. cars\” debate.
Bah.
\”It seemed like today\’s show was nothing more than an \”Oregonian-ish\” jump on the \”bikes vs. cars\” debate.\”
I haven\’t listened to it yet… but your thoughts confirm my hunch.
I don\’t think the Rob Anderson/San Francisco issue should be turned into a \”sharing the road\” and \”cars vs. bikes\” thing.
To me, the San Fran thing is about politics and due process and bureaucracy… Anderson just happens to be a extreme personality with some strong feelings against people that bike.
And what does Noah Budnick have to do with it? Wouldn\’t it make more sense to have an SF advocate on?
I can\’t believe NPR gave a bully pulpit to a guy who wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/5u969r
The host (not Noah Adams, there was a substitute) seemed to me like she had a personal beef against cyclists, but then seemed thwarted by whoever was screening the calls, because the callers for the most part made good, sane, bike-friendly counterpoints.
I\’ve stopped giving money to public radio because of the Nice Polite Republicans like Juan Williams and Cokie Roberts. They only look sane and intelligent in comparison to Fox and the other news networks. But in spite of their non-profit status, they espouse the corporatist message the same as the others. Our media is dead. Get used to it.
Graham. The host was Lynn Neary. The regular host of the program is Neil Conan. I\’m glad you picked up on the attitude the Lynn Neary had towards cyclists. I was hoping it wasn\’t just me.
T Williams. This isn\’t the first time that they\’ve done a story that I had a little bit of prior knowledge of. I hear what you\’re saying. I was bummed that Rob Anderson was on the show…his comments had no real depth to them. He offered nothing compelling. Know what i\’m saying?