In the quest for bike-friendly cities, are snobby cyclists their own worst enemies?

Celebrity is an odd thing in Washington. Typically, it’s defined by an honorific, a motorcade, or maybe a bungled appearance at a state dinner. So it was a rare moment when New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, remarked at a Brookings Institution-sponsored event on urban cycling in December, “We do have a rock-star panel,” [...]