I don’t understand this post in the context of this thread. It doesn’t make any sense. I’m sure it seemed hilarious to you while you were typing it, but to the rest of us, it just says you’ve had about 5-6 too many edibles today. |
Not PP, but also found it hilarious. |
Speak for yourself Dr. Smellyface. |
It seems like DOT was specifically addressing posts like yours: https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/commute-mode-share The greatest limitation to commute mode share data is that only travel to work is considered, and not all trips made throughout the day, nor trips by unemployed individuals. Commutes account for less than 20%of all trips taken, but commutes have a unique role when considering the balance of overall trips by determining peak travel demand across transportation systems (Federal Highway Administration, 2011). Nonetheless, the data showing commute mode share miss important information on other trips made throughout the day, which might include more walking and bicycling. You also like to cite the numbers for the 11 county metro area, rather than the more DC specific numbers. Walk/Bike commute share was 16% for DC residents and transit was equal to driving at 41% each. Which means only a minority of DC residents commute by car, while demanding all the infrastructure cater to them. Lastly and mostly hilariously, is that 90% of Walk/Bike commuters are satisfied with their commute while only 51% of drivers can say the same. That's probably why the drivers on this thread come across as so miserable. |
I just saw something pretty funny. The Connecticut Avenue opponents have been touting their 3,600 person petition to the Mayor to oppose the safety plans. Those signatures were gathered over 2+ years.
In a week, the supporters petition since DDOT announced the abandonment of Concept C, has gained over 4,000 signatures. If the opponents want to talk about how wildly unpopular the Mayor's plan is, then they need to back it up. The fact that it took less than a week to top those numbers is quite amazing. |
You know the police reports this stuff publicly, right? They have a Web site and everything. It's crazy. Since you're apparently either too stupid or too lazy to find it yourself, here's the report. It's on page 24. It's even on a chart so you dont have to tax your little brain reading entire sentences. https://mpdc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mpdc/publication/attachments/AR_2022_lowres.pdf |
(the silence is deafening) |
Lazy idiot who couldn’t be bothered including a link in his post accusing others of being lazy and stupid for not trawling the web to find their sources . . . It’s sad to see but true to form for anyone who thinks over-simplified tabulations like this contain any useful information. If speed and/or driver distraction were not at least a contributing factor to these incidents, odds are that many if not all of these 35 people would still be alive today. But as vehicles lack black boxes and devices to record driver eye movement, this is very difficult for investigators to discern. |
Is this a parody account?? It is NOT the auto driver who needs step-by-step instructions on how to approach a stop sign. Just last evening I watched 2 adults on bikes blow through the stop sign on Willow by the Women's Farm Market in Bethesda. Not even a hint at stopping. Thank goodness the car coming out of the parking lot just sat there (even though it was stopped and there FIRST), as if they knew this would happen, and watched. Otherwise, likely a double smash of those on bikes. |
Of course you know, the bikers do not stop. Only the unicorn ones who post here on this site, stop. |
Fixed it for you. |
All but the last 2 can be designed away. The whole Vision Zero concept covers a lot of what the city can do: https://visionzero.dc.gov/pages/engineering The auto industry can do a lot too, like make vehicles smaller, lighter and lower: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicles-with-higher-more-vertical-front-ends-pose-greater-risk-to-pedestrians Crashes and fatalities are not evenly distributed through the city, certain kinds of roads are much more dangerous than others. Most of these could pejoratively be called "stroads" in that they try to be both a through route and a destination. Decoupling these functions would reduce crashes greatly. Bringing back enforcement would help also. Take Oslo for example, a city of comparable size. It had 1 traffic death in 2019: https://www.wired.com/story/oslo-pedestrianisation/ We could do it too, but we don't want to try. |
Seldom is the time I see a car at a 4 way stopsign come to a complete stop, as required by law. Like almost never. So please, let's just stop with the hyperbole. People driuving cars suck. People riding bikes suck. The difference is the severity of damage when one breaks the law over the other. |
If you have some specific information about these individual crashes that you think police investigators overlooked, you should contact them. But if you know literally nothing about them, then maybe just STFU? |
Given people make billions of trips every year the number of traffic deaths here is paltry. Surprising the police say almost half the deaths are the fault of pedestrians, bicyclists and ATV/scooter. |