The real reason US DOT Secretary Peters doesn't favor bicycling, walking, and public transit

Afternoon traffic along I-880 freeway through Oakland, California btween Davis St. and Marina. Reason Foundation photo.

(Interpretation lifted from e-mail, not mine...)

The elitist democrats would waste valuable taxpayer money on bike trails and trolleys instead of weapons we could use to secure Eurasian oil.

GE Streetcar ad, 1940.

The text at the bottom of the ad says:

When we think of the traffic problem as one of moving people, not vehicles, it's easy to see the importance of public transit in solving a city's parking and traffic problems. One trolley coach can carry as many people as six typical streets filled with private autos--one street-car line as many as nine streets.