Not Andy Farrell, the England backs coach who once switched codes himself and was seen as one of the main proponents of Project Burgess within the setup.
The environmental law requires proponents of new projects — including bike lanes — to measure the effect the project would have on car congestion.
His nomination had the support of many people inside and outside government, who saw him as a cool-headed veteran who had ably navigated many pitched battles between conservationists and proponents of commercial projects that could have harmed species and habitats.
Even though proponents of such projects point to numerous benefits, such as less pollution, a healthier populace, reduced traffic congestion, fewer biking injuries and decreased fossil-fuel consumption, the road to urban-biking Nirvana is littered with visionary projects that never got rolling.
Although proponents of the project argue that it will "Save the Dead Sea," it is entirely possible that the project will actually harm the rapidly-fading landmark.
Congressional proponents of the project say they will push to provide the money.
Instead, proponents of the project have pushed ahead like a steamroller over the concerns of citizens and experts.
A presidential commission called on Congress to establish a Smithsonian American Latino Museum at the Capitol on Thursday morning during a news conference attended by proponents of the project.
For one thing, he was one of the early proponents of the project to sequence the human genome, at a time when many of his contemporaries had doubts about its viability.
Today a less brutal, but perhaps no less bitter, war is brewing between art historians and proponents of the project, led by the National Geographic Society and the Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology at the University of California, San Diego.
