K Street Transitway

[Anonymous]

RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Also, Charles Allen is proposing to take capital money that only can be used once to fund a free-bus program that will need to be funded annually. It's gonna be hilarious when the free-bus program dies after one year because Charles Allen doesn't understand basic economics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Probably for the best, as the plans were underwhelming. Let's try again in 5 years after the commercial RE market collapses and do it right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Probably for the best, as the plans were underwhelming. Let's try again in 5 years after the commercial RE market collapses and do it right.

what was wrong with the plans?

of all corridors that could benefit from transformation, K St seems to be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Also, Charles Allen is proposing to take capital money that only can be used once to fund a free-bus program that will need to be funded annually. It's gonna be hilarious when the free-bus program dies after one year because Charles Allen doesn't understand basic economics.

When will the Council's "more free stuff" crusade reach its limit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Probably for the best, as the plans were underwhelming. Let's try again in 5 years after the commercial RE market collapses and do it right.

what was wrong with the plans?

of all corridors that could benefit from transformation, K St seems to be it.

K St can be a place to go to, or a place to go through. The plans tried to do both and will end up doing neither well. You have to decide what K St will be 10-25 years down the road and build for that.

The last design was basically a poorly functioning expressway. Too many transportation modes with different speeds and needs all jammed onto one road. Way too many opportunities for conflict between the modes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Probably for the best, as the plans were underwhelming. Let's try again in 5 years after the commercial RE market collapses and do it right.

what was wrong with the plans?

of all corridors that could benefit from transformation, K St seems to be it.

K St can be a place to go to, or a place to go through. The plans tried to do both and will end up doing neither well. You have to decide what K St will be 10-25 years down the road and build for that.

The last design was basically a poorly functioning expressway. Too many transportation modes with different speeds and needs all jammed onto one road. Way too many opportunities for conflict between the modes.

There won’t be a K Street or maybe even a downtown in 10-25 years if the city cannot incentivize VA/MD law and lobby firm partners to come in more than 1 day a week. By tearing up K Street for years it would be a traffic death blow. There are not enough bike riders combined in the city to make up for the lost economic activity generated by just a handful of big law partners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RIP K Street Transitway. The Council wants to "pause" the project to pay for free buses, and anyone who knows what "pause" means in DC government parlance knows that it actually means the project is dead:

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1651330737642061830

Probably for the best, as the plans were underwhelming. Let's try again in 5 years after the commercial RE market collapses and do it right.

what was wrong with the plans?

of all corridors that could benefit from transformation, K St seems to be it.

K St can be a place to go to, or a place to go through. The plans tried to do both and will end up doing neither well. You have to decide what K St will be 10-25 years down the road and build for that.

The last design was basically a poorly functioning expressway. Too many transportation modes with different speeds and needs all jammed onto one road. Way too many opportunities for conflict between the modes.

There won’t be a K Street or maybe even a downtown in 10-25 years if the city cannot incentivize VA/MD law and lobby firm partners to come in more than 1 day a week. By tearing up K Street for years it would be a traffic death blow. There are not enough bike riders combined in the city to make up for the lost economic activity generated by just a handful of big law partners.

that’s stupid. the reason law firm and lobbying partners (and other staff) don’t live in DC is THE SCHOOLS. Fix the schools and they will stay in DC.

[Anonymous]

It's officially dead. Now let's hope the Council also kills the Connecticut Avenue plan.

[Anonymous]

It's officially dead. Now let's hope the Council also kills the Connecticut Avenue plan.

How are we collectively going to meet our climate goals if we don't make it easier for people to use modes of transportation besides cars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It's officially dead. Now let's hope the Council also kills the Connecticut Avenue plan.

How are we collectively going to meet our climate goals if we don't make it easier for people to use modes of transportation besides cars?

The additional pollution created by daily traffic jams will dwarf any climate benefits from the dozen or so daily bike users. You want to fix the climate then ask China to stop permitting a new coal fired plant every two weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's officially dead. Now let's hope the Council also kills the Connecticut Avenue plan.

Not going to happen unless for truly dire budget reasons. They are two totally different projects. The basic goal of traffic calming on Ct Ave won’t change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's officially dead. Now let's hope the Council also kills the Connecticut Avenue plan.

The councilmembers on the transportation committee expressed interest in keeping Conn Ave going, so fat chance on that one.