http://www.anomalily.net//articles/2009/07/16/transportation-funding-graphic-novel en-us 40 <p><b> Wonder why there's no polka in <a href="http://www.dot.gov/new/index.htm">DOT</a>?<br /> Curious where the sugar is coming from when politicians invoke <a href="http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/ste.html">Ice Tea</a>? (ISTEA)<br /> Stumped by <a href="http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/">SAFETEA-LU</a>? (I mean really, was "A Legacy for Users" actually necessary to make that name <i>longer</i>?)<br /></b> <div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/989374260/" title="photo sharing"><img width=250 src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1190/989374260_13f5f72ee7.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles/989374260/">Los Angeles' Dirty Little Secret-It's Anti-Bike Attitude</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/world-of-folding-bicycles/">folder fanatic</a>.</span> </div> Our government is really good at making things confusing. But you don't have to be a wonk to want to know where the money for roads and bridges comes from.<br /> <br /> After too many martini-fueled conversations involving the words "Intermodal Surface Transportation" I was encouraged to put together a short comic book explaining the sources of transportation funding. Keep watching: it's due out this November 2009. <br /> <br /> Want to help? <a href="mailto:lillian.karabaic AT reed.edu">Email me.</a> </p> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:47:00 -0400 urn:uuid:b1c2bb32-cd7d-4a7f-8d69-1b99ace5500d anomalily http://www.anomalily.net//articles/2009/07/16/transportation-funding-graphic-novel Bicycles