Disproportionate subsidization

Though vehicles and pedestrians can happily coexist in many settings -- I have my sidewalk and they have their streets -- it's hard for a pedestrian not to feel a little cranky from time to time as policy decisions continually prioritize the infrastructure and culture of private vehicles over all other forms of transportation.

I've long been annoyed by the complaints people throw out about subsidies for public transit without acknowledging the massive subsidization of private vehicles currently practiced in the US.

Thanks to Slate and Daniel Gross, though, I know I'm not alone: Highways Paved with Gold