Conservatives & Bikes - Mr. Max Mautner
Advocates for more bicycle infrastructure seem overwhelmingly to self-identify as “liberal”, “Democrat” “progressives”.
However I will share this interesting video interview, held by the US-based League of American Bicyclists with Tim Carney, a fellow with the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
This is just one flavor of American conservative, but it is a flavor that’s being echoed by the current Republican Vice President candidate, JD Vance.
Carney emphasizes that climate change is a relatively un-persuasive argument for conservatives, because it triggers skepticism that individual transportation choices are what causes climate change (or that human-caused climate change is fake).
Whether you agree with these or not, I think that it is critical to internalize and understand your audience’s viewpoints if you aim to build a big tent for bicycling.
