Bay Area bridge closes path just because

Fascism is on the march in the Bay Area, because of course it is.

For years, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge north of San Francisco has had a path for pedestrians and bicyclists. But now California highway officials are turning the path into a shoulder open only for automobile traffic - leaving it as a walking and cycling path on weekends only.

There is no other cycling or walking path across the bay for miles around.

This is actually far costlier than leaving it alone. Moving the barrier each weekend will cost $1 million per year.

It's the type of fiscal wastage bastage only the Tea Party could love. Naturally, this change was put in place at the urging of wealthy Marin County residents who opposed working-class people traveling into the county on bikes.

Reddit hermits are cheering.