[sustran] US Auto Association "exposed"

[czegras at MIT.EDU]

>http://www.nrdc.org/amicus/01win/aaa/aaa.asp 
> 
>Here's an interesting excerpt: 
> 
> John Kaehny, executive director of Transportation 
> Alternatives, a New York City bike and pedestrian advocacy 
> group, winces whenever he hears the affiliated New York Auto 
> Club spokespeople say, "On behalf of our 1 million members." 
> 
> "People don't join AAA for ideological reasons," says Kaehny. 
> "My parents are AAA members, and when I tell them what the AAA 
> national office does, they go, 'Oh my God, is that true?' And 
> that's the reaction you get from almost everyone."