You wonder why people who primarily drive often think infrastructure for biking and walking is a frivolous waste of money. It frequently is. The lesson here is that we need to think -- demand that professional use their brains -- and not just apply rote standards out of context, bike-friendly or not.

Special thanks to Christopher Lohr for the tip on this one.

Afterthought: There's another lesson here: We're not going to create places that have the kind of fine-grained attention to detail necessary to make them productive through a centralized program mandating walkable/bikeable design. We might do a small bit of good in some areas, but until we bust up the silo delivery system, this kind of thing will dominate, even if it's not this obvious. Building successful places is a complex undertaking -- there is no cookbook or manual that can accomplish it -- and, therefore, whether we like it or not, it's going to have be done primarily at the block/neighborhood/community level.