Let's look at some of the goofy things Bowser wants to spend our tax dollars on

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From her 2023 budget proposal:

$1.3 million to hire 11 people to keep bike lanes free of snow.

What do they do on the other 360 days in the year when it doesn't snow?

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$9.4 million to buy 170 new speed cameras, despite D.C. already having the largest police force on a per capita basis in the county.

What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

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Really expensive bike/pedestrian bridges!

$18.5 million to build one connecting RFK to Kingman Island

$21 million to build one connecting Barry Farm to the Anacostia Metro

For comparison, the Federal Highway Administration says such bridges normally cost between $1 million and $5 million

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Anonymous wrote:$9.4 million to buy 170 new speed cameras, despite D.C. already having the largest police force on a per capita basis in the county.

What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

Considering how unsafe our streets are how about we have more traffic cameras and have MPD start to enforce our traffic laws.

BTW the traffic cameras only enforce 3 violations while police can enforce all violations and issue criminal citations so there are some pretty compelling reasons to have MPD get off their lazy a$$es and enforce our traffic laws.

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$36 million to expand bike lanes, which I believe works out to about $500,000 per each person expected to actually use them.

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$2.5 million in pandemic assistance from Congress to hire...parking attendants?

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Ridership on Capital Bikeshare has cratered since it was introduced. But that's not stopping Bowser.

She wants to spend $15 million expanding Capital Bikeshare so that every resident lives within a quarter mile of a Capital Bikeshare station they will never use.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$9.4 million to buy 170 new speed cameras, despite D.C. already having the largest police force on a per capita basis in the county.

What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

Considering how unsafe our streets are how about we have more traffic cameras and have MPD start to enforce our traffic laws.

BTW the traffic cameras only enforce 3 violations while police can enforce all violations and issue criminal citations so there are some pretty compelling reasons to have MPD get off their lazy a$$es and enforce our traffic laws.

The streets are actually quite safe. You're *far* more likely to be murdered in D.C. than be killed in a traffic accident.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$9.4 million to buy 170 new speed cameras, despite D.C. already having the largest police force on a per capita basis in the county.

What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

Considering how unsafe our streets are how about we have more traffic cameras and have MPD start to enforce our traffic laws.

BTW the traffic cameras only enforce 3 violations while police can enforce all violations and issue criminal citations so there are some pretty compelling reasons to have MPD get off their lazy a$$es and enforce our traffic laws.

The streets are actually quite safe. You're *far* more likely to be murdered in D.C. than be killed in a traffic accident.

Cops! Never enforcing traffic laws! Never preventing/solving crimes!

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Anonymous wrote:$9.4 million to buy 170 new speed cameras, despite D.C. already having the largest police force on a per capita basis in the county.

What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

I'd rather have cops solve or prevent violent crimes. No need for them to be pulling people over for speeding/red light violations when that could lead to the cop or the person being pulled over getting shot...and either way the District has to pay out millions. Just ticket the cars, and then boot and tow them if people don't pay their fines.

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Anonymous wrote:$36 million to expand bike lanes, which I believe works out to about $500,000 per each person expected to actually use them.

Did you go by the new bike lanes on the Mall and 15th/17th St. yesterday? There's no shortage of demand for bike lanes. https://twitter.com/allofthebikes/status/1506406851847634951

And if you're a driver you should like this too--fewer cyclists in the car lanes when there are good bike lanes available!

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Anonymous wrote:From her 2023 budget proposal:

$1.3 million to hire 11 people to keep bike lanes free of snow.

What do they do on the other 360 days in the year when it doesn't snow?

It might be nice if DC would pick up the leaves that are caked several inches deep on the street where we live. They were supposed to have made several passes last autumn but they never came.

How is it that some DC neighborhoods have street sweeping and others don't?

It would be nice if DC re-striped the crosswalks near the DCPS that my kids attend. The crosswalks are so faded that drivers can't see them.

Thanks, Bowser! Keep serving up platitudes to the people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$36 million to expand bike lanes, which I believe works out to about $500,000 per each person expected to actually use them.

Did you go by the new bike lanes on the Mall and 15th/17th St. yesterday? There's no shortage of demand for bike lanes. https://twitter.com/allofthebikes/status/1506406851847634951

And if you're a driver you should like this too--fewer cyclists in the car lanes when there are good bike lanes available!

DC is putting in bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue, one in each direction. While this may seem like an attractive idea, the rush hour carrying capacity of Conn. Ave. will be cut from 4 lanes down to 2 lanes. DC just assumes that the traffic will just go away, or maybe MD commuters will all switch to those little Lime scooters. More likely, Connecticut will be gridlocked several hours a day, with more traffic diverting onto Reno Rd, Porter St., etc. trying to find a way to or from downtown. Nice.

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Anonymous wrote:
What if we had all the cops....enforce traffic laws?

Lol, do pigs fly?

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Anonymous wrote:
The streets are actually quite safe. You're *far* more likely to be murdered in D.C. than be killed in a traffic accident.

A total lie