“Senator Tom “Dr.No” Coburn OK-R has been threatening to put a filibuster chokehold on an extension of SAFETEA-LU pronounced safety-loo, the giant bill that governs federal transportation spending and is due to expire Sept. 30, in order to get all bike and pedestrian funding taken out of it. Bike and ped funding is a mere 2 percent of the total bill, around $700 million annually.”