No doubt the landlord is selling the building to capitalise on the new height and density increase in Woodley Park Bowser pushed through and the local ANC supported. Agree or disagree with the planned up-zoning, but don’t be surprised when the result is that locally-owned small businesses are squeeezed out. |
Yes, it is. Connecticut may not be a “highway” but it is the most significant arterial road connecting downtown Washington with uptown Northwest and part of Montgomery County. A plan to build radial interstate highways through Northwest died in the early 70s and the money was put into expanding Metro. IMO that was a good idea, but as a result the major arterial avenues serve that purpose to a large extent. Narrowing and constraining the major avenues with bike lanes will only squeeze and flush thru-truck and car traffic through local streets. |
The fountain at the Chevy Chase circle doesn’t magically wash away the highway. It continues on into DC and downtown. |
It is a city boulevard. In Maryland it has a state highway designation. It has no such city designation. And, it is legal to ride a bicycle or a scooter on it. The same cannot be said for actual "interstate highways" |
I don’t. I’m an extremely safe driver, and that’s reflected by both my spotless driving record and my insurance, with uses a little device called a Snapshot that plugs into the sensor port in my car and monitors things like speed, acceleration, and braking effort. My insurance company says I’m a very safe driver and they have the receipts to prove it. Now - let’s get back to talking about your not riding on the sidewalk in a way that endangers pedestrians. Can you do that? Or is it a non-starter? |
https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/s/wXPjuRq8Rm
Look at all these fake people acting like they are having fun. It is raining and cold out and they a clearly miserable. But the parents are dragging their kids along with them through this indoctrination. Shameful! |
Macintyre's supported the bike lane, you dolt. Their landlord stuck it to them and the tipped wages referendum hurt their profit margins. |
If they were pro-bike lanes, it explains why they are closing. They clearly were bad business people. |
They call it “family biking” but there are at least 5 adults for every child and no adolescents either. LOL. |
then you are the pearl in the sea. Yes, I personally can ride safely on a sidewalk just as you can drive safely on a road. But you and I aren't all people, as clearly there are lots of crashes. Though you don't hear too much about pedestrians getting hurt on sidewalks from cyclists (not that it doesn't happen, but it is rare), you do hear a lot about pedestrians and cyclists getting hurt by cars. |
So it is it indoctrination when a kid is strapped into a car seat and driven for 45 minutes each way to day care or school? |
Is this satire? It reads like satire. |
Rich white people in Ward 3 are like, "Everything is so close. Why don't you just bike everywhere?" Non-rich white people are like, "There's nothing within biking distance. We don't even have a grocery store." |
People make choices to live in walkable/bikeable communities. Others make choices to live in more suburban and isolated communities. Oftentimes, the ones choosing a more urban lifestyle are sacfriciing a yard or the size of the house in exchange for the convenience. There is something for everyone. But...no matter where one lives, the ability to be multi-modal and travel safely should be considered universal. It is the people who chose to live in an auto-centric neighborhood who are the ones who are selfishly opposing bike lanes so their driving and ability to park is easier. |
We might hear about it more - but the discussion typically stops conveniently before issue of who was at-fault comes up. Because in a large majority of the cases the driver of a vehicle injures or kills a pedestrian or cyclist - the pedestrian or cyclist is at-fault. And the data from DC bear that out in black and white. Just because you’re the party who got injured in a crash doesn’t automatically make the other party at-fault or guilty. Cyclists have become masters of spinning this nonsense. |