Let's keep the outdoor dining, the streets reserved for walking, and the new bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

It so crazy that the current logic of DC is that cars are evil. But kids buckwildin' on ATVs and Endurobikes are good actually.

Agreed. Im a liberal but this woker than woke shit is a joke.

Our city council is clearly pro-buckwildin'. That's the only explanation. Come to DC where buckwildin' is entirely encouraged. Why don't you smoke something while you're here? You'll have more fun with your buckwildin' if you do!

Buckwildin' buckwildin' buckwildin'. What a great word and how sadly appropriate for the state of our city and the values of its leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

It so crazy that the current logic of DC is that cars are evil. But kids buckwildin' on ATVs and Endurobikes are good actually.

Agreed. Im a liberal but this woker than woke shit is a joke.

Our city council is clearly pro-buckwildin'. That's the only explanation. Come to DC where buckwildin' is entirely encouraged. Why don't you smoke something while you're here? You'll have more fun with your buckwildin' if you do!

Buckwildin' buckwildin' buckwildin'. What a great word and how sadly appropriate for the state of our city and the values of its leadership.

Isn't "buck" a suspect term?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

The issue was that everyone hated “Safe Streets.”

Someone just drove down the residential street where I live at probably 45 mph. We could use those safe streets and lots and lots of speed humps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When it's 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity, there's nothing more I want to do than....go outside and ride a bike? That sounds awful.

All dressed up to go the bars and try to meet someone -- drenched in sweat and stinky with a wet butt from your bike ride.

With little kids in tow to go out to lunch or to a museum, who are then hot sweaty and crying when you get there an hour and a half later and want to go home, then vomit from heat stroke - - so, already exhausted, you turn around and bike back home with hot, sweaty, screaming kids, and then spontaneously combust halfway there.

Not the experience of people who actually do these things, but go on with your fiction-writing habits.

There is some truth here, let's be honest. You would go on a Tinder date and meet them on a hot August night after riding a mile or two on your bike? You ain't doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

It so crazy that the current logic of DC is that cars are evil. But kids buckwildin' on ATVs and Endurobikes are good actually.

Agreed. Im a liberal but this woker than woke shit is a joke.

Our city council is clearly pro-buckwildin'. That's the only explanation. Come to DC where buckwildin' is entirely encouraged. Why don't you smoke something while you're here? You'll have more fun with your buckwildin' if you do!

Buckwildin' buckwildin' buckwildin'. What a great word and how sadly appropriate for the state of our city and the values of its leadership.

Isn't "buck" a suspect term?

Is it? I'd think like "buck naked," no? Not sure what the "buck" means there, either, but we all have the right image in our heads with that. What do you think it means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

The issue was that everyone hated “Safe Streets.”

Someone just drove down the residential street where I live at probably 45 mph. We could use those safe streets and lots and lots of speed humps.

I like driving and also am a big fan of speed bumps on residential streets. They very effective and funny as hell when people are driving too fast and don't see them coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

It so crazy that the current logic of DC is that cars are evil. But kids buckwildin' on ATVs and Endurobikes are good actually.

Agreed. Im a liberal but this woker than woke shit is a joke.

Our city council is clearly pro-buckwildin'. That's the only explanation. Come to DC where buckwildin' is entirely encouraged. Why don't you smoke something while you're here? You'll have more fun with your buckwildin' if you do!

Buckwildin' buckwildin' buckwildin'. What a great word and how sadly appropriate for the state of our city and the values of its leadership.

Isn't "buck" a suspect term?

Is it? I'd think like "buck naked," no? Not sure what the "buck" means there, either, but we all have the right image in our heads with that. What do you think it means?

People are confusing different terms and contexts.

Back in the day, Ronald Reagan gave a speech against welfare where he spoke about "strapping young bucks" buying T-Bone steaks.

Buckwildin' is derived from buckwild which just means out of control.

[Anonymous]

Keep the streets open as pedestrian malls and outdoor eateries.

But ban bikes along with cars.


This is a reasonable solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

It so crazy that the current logic of DC is that cars are evil. But kids buckwildin' on ATVs and Endurobikes are good actually.

Agreed. Im a liberal but this woker than woke shit is a joke.

Our city council is clearly pro-buckwildin'. That's the only explanation. Come to DC where buckwildin' is entirely encouraged. Why don't you smoke something while you're here? You'll have more fun with your buckwildin' if you do!

Buckwildin' buckwildin' buckwildin'. What a great word and how sadly appropriate for the state of our city and the values of its leadership.

Isn't "buck" a suspect term?

Is it? I'd think like "buck naked," no? Not sure what the "buck" means there, either, but we all have the right image in our heads with that. What do you think it means?

People are confusing different terms and contexts.

Back in the day, Ronald Reagan gave a speech against welfare where he spoke about "strapping young bucks" buying T-Bone steaks.

Buckwildin' is derived from buckwild which just means out of control.

That makes sense. So yes, I do maintain that our city council is weirdly pro-buckwildin' for a bunch of apparent adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the DC "Safe Streets" initiative to protect pedestrians on some of the side streets? DDOT announced it to great fanfare but there was no enforcement or follow-through, and now DDOT has abandoned the program. Meanwhile, well-run cities like Seattle are planning to continue and expand a similar program going forward. Bowser also announced that speed limits on DC side streets were being lowered to 20 mph. DDOT replaced a few signs, but then stopped, and cars rip through the residential streets as before. Bowser's whole approach is "platitudes to the people," but there's little substance and even less follow through.

The issue was that everyone hated “Safe Streets.”

Someone just drove down the residential street where I live at probably 45 mph. We could use those safe streets and lots and lots of speed humps.

I like driving and also am a big fan of speed bumps on residential streets. They very effective and funny as hell when people are driving too fast and don't see them coming.

There are speed bumps on the street where I live. It's almost like sweet music when I hear a fast-moving car scrape the speed hump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When it's 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity, there's nothing more I want to do than....go outside and ride a bike? That sounds awful.

All dressed up to go the bars and try to meet someone -- drenched in sweat and stinky with a wet butt from your bike ride.

With little kids in tow to go out to lunch or to a museum, who are then hot sweaty and crying when you get there an hour and a half later and want to go home, then vomit from heat stroke - - so, already exhausted, you turn around and bike back home with hot, sweaty, screaming kids, and then spontaneously combust halfway there.

Not the experience of people who actually do these things, but go on with your fiction-writing habits.

There is some truth here, let's be honest. You would go on a Tinder date and meet them on a hot August night after riding a mile or two on your bike? You ain't doing that.

Yes, people do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're a white guy in his 20s or 30s, you probably like bike lanes.

Everyone else thinks: Ugh, terrible traffic.

White guys in their 20s and 30s think terrible traffic will convince people to get out of cars and join them on bikes.

But everyone else just thinks: I'll go somewhere else, where it doesnt suck to get to.

The losers are businesses downtown because it means there will have a lot fewer customers.

It's good though for businesses elsewhere in the city and the suburbs because they will pick up new customers who are trying to avoid going downtown.

+1. They are for those who don’t have responsibility for transporting people or cargo.

-1

There are plenty of people who transport 3 kids on a bike, or get a week of groceries without issue. It really isn't that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When it's 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity, there's nothing more I want to do than....go outside and ride a bike? That sounds awful.

All dressed up to go the bars and try to meet someone -- drenched in sweat and stinky with a wet butt from your bike ride.

With little kids in tow to go out to lunch or to a museum, who are then hot sweaty and crying when you get there an hour and a half later and want to go home, then vomit from heat stroke - - so, already exhausted, you turn around and bike back home with hot, sweaty, screaming kids, and then spontaneously combust halfway there.

Not the experience of people who actually do these things, but go on with your fiction-writing habits.

There is some truth here, let's be honest. You would go on a Tinder date and meet them on a hot August night after riding a mile or two on your bike? You ain't doing that.

Yes, people do that.

Those people are not getting a second date.

As far as I can tell from reading these threads, these bicycle people don't have a lot of common sense. Which is probably why they hate cars *because the are deadly* but refuse to obey any traffic laws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're a white guy in his 20s or 30s, you probably like bike lanes.

Everyone else thinks: Ugh, terrible traffic.

White guys in their 20s and 30s think terrible traffic will convince people to get out of cars and join them on bikes.

But everyone else just thinks: I'll go somewhere else, where it doesnt suck to get to.

The losers are businesses downtown because it means there will have a lot fewer customers.

It's good though for businesses elsewhere in the city and the suburbs because they will pick up new customers who are trying to avoid going downtown.

+1. They are for those who don’t have responsibility for transporting people or cargo.

-1

There are plenty of people who transport 3 kids on a bike, or get a week of groceries without issue. It really isn't that hard.

"plenty of people who transport 3 kids on a bike"

You have some data on that? 3 kids in DC is rare. Then add the bike and LOL. Just making stuff up.

PP might know somebody or seen somebody doing this, but the idea that there are "plenty of people" doing this doesn't pass the laugh test.

Some people live in a bubble, oh my.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When it's 90 degrees with 80 percent humidity, there's nothing more I want to do than....go outside and ride a bike? That sounds awful.

All dressed up to go the bars and try to meet someone -- drenched in sweat and stinky with a wet butt from your bike ride.

With little kids in tow to go out to lunch or to a museum, who are then hot sweaty and crying when you get there an hour and a half later and want to go home, then vomit from heat stroke - - so, already exhausted, you turn around and bike back home with hot, sweaty, screaming kids, and then spontaneously combust halfway there.

Not the experience of people who actually do these things, but go on with your fiction-writing habits.

There is some truth here, let's be honest. You would go on a Tinder date and meet them on a hot August night after riding a mile or two on your bike? You ain't doing that.

Yes, people do that.

Those people are not getting a second date.

As far as I can tell from reading these threads, these bicycle people don't have a lot of common sense. Which is probably why they hate cars *because the are deadly* but refuse to obey any traffic laws.

Not with you, but that's ok.