Cycling article in the times (best one i've ever read)

I don't think it's quite that simple - she used to be a Guardian journalist so is probably realistic about the future government but more resigned to it than anything else, but it's more a question of ideology - public transport is collectivist because it's provided by the state, the tories are (these days) (mostly) ideologically libertarian - they believe the person should be big and the state should be small. Cycling is (arguably) the perfect embodiment of that.

Yes, very good article though.

^Oh I don't know. it makes the whole thing sound a lot more exciting and romantic than it really is.
Bendy Buses are collectivist because a big collection of people ride on them. All going the same way. obvious innit.

Like you're doing, you mean?

The article was clearly written as an appeal to an incoming Tory government.