Connecticut Avenue bike lane officially dead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marvelous. Now they need to start testing that nonsense out everywhere else.

Why would you want to move the bikes out of the dedicated bike lanes and into the car lanes, if you're a driver?

[Anonymous]

Well this is sad, but hopefully the other changes will improve pedestrian safety and slow traffic down.

[Anonymous]

Dear bicyclists:

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA. FU.

Sincerely,

Everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear bicyclists:

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA. FU.

Sincerely,

Everyone.

You spend an inordinate amount of money, damage the planet, and endanger others to do a commute that cyclists do for free and without generating any negative externalities. Why are you so eager to announce yourself as such an obnoxious and wasteful member of society?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear bicyclists:

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA. FU.

Sincerely,

Everyone.

Be sure to thank yourself the next time you are stuck behind a cyclist doing 5 mph up CT Ave.

Or you can just lay on your horn and have the favor returned right back to you.

You idiots are priceless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Though it does appear to be a pyrrhic victory for commuters - both sides of Connecticut will be available for parking 24/7, with bump outs for traffic calming, meaning the right lane on each side will be unavailable to drivers.

Can't Reno Road carry more of the traffic? Share the burden all around.

[Anonymous]

Now, if DC voters would just ban those effin' scooters like Paris did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

It's absolutely true that there are very few cyclists who use Connecticut - BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES! The only way to increase cycling is to make cycling safe. In the Netherlands, there is a great cycling infrastructure and cycling is widespread.

Of course, DC is not going to turn into the Netherlands, you say, because we're a car culture. True. As was Netherlands in 1971, when more than 400 children were killed in traffic accidents. It took a lot of work and many years to build safe cities there, as it will here. We should start now.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord

Then move to the Netherlands. And when you're too feeble to ride your bike anymore you can ask the government to euthanize you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common sense prevails!

Not to mention fiscal reality (usually in short supply in the DC government).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A stunning victory for everyone who is stuck in the 1950s.

We drink your tears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

Obviously not everyone can bike or take Metro. But a lot of people who could but just prefer not to don't. I'm sure you don't seriously think it'd be impossible for every single person who drives to work to get there by public transit or bike?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

It's absolutely true that there are very few cyclists who use Connecticut - BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES! The only way to increase cycling is to make cycling safe. In the Netherlands, there is a great cycling infrastructure and cycling is widespread.

Of course, DC is not going to turn into the Netherlands, you say, because we're a car culture. True. As was Netherlands in 1971, when more than 400 children were killed in traffic accidents. It took a lot of work and many years to build safe cities there, as it will here. We should start now.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord

Exactly!!!

I don’t bike myself, but I want to make that available to others. I do my best to be careful as a car driver.