Representative Earl Blumenauer represents Portland, Oregon and is founder and proprietor of the 180 (plus or minus)-member Congressional Bicycle Caucus. The New York Times features him in today’s paper.
“For him, the global financial collapse is “perhaps the best opportunity we will ever see” to build environmental sustainability into the nation’s infrastructure, with urban streetcar systems, bike and pedestrian paths, more efficient energy transmission and conversion of the federal government’s 600,000-vehicle fleet to use alternate fuels.”
Full article at NY Time Blumenauer article