Now that's commitment!

A Santa Monica Airlines Skateboard owner who pledged to donate $10 per minute that the bikes beat the plane made good in the most appropriate way. He sold his car to raise the funds! more details here and here.

What a winner in every respect.

P.S. Some more coverage of "Carmageddon" from the NYTimes. People took it in stride. We assume cars are the only way, in the same way that a fish goes what's water. This is Water.