How can we make DC streets bicycle and pedestrian-only?

[Anonymous]

DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

[Anonymous]

We have miles and miles and miles of bike lanes that no one uses. Before commandeering our entire transportation infrastructure, maybe start by sometimes using the lanes we already have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

Is it really necessary to point out that most of the bars, restaurants and stores in this city would go out of business if we banned cars?

[Anonymous]

Unicorns will deliver supplies to downtown establishment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

Is it really necessary to point out that most of the bars, restaurants and stores in this city would go out of business if we banned cars?

yeah, if you look around the world, every major city has an a pedestrian only area that is just absolutely dead, without any restaurants, cafes, shops, etc. all the businesses instantly die and plazas sit empty. #sarcasm

[Anonymous]

I would love for each neighborhood to have a pedestrian only street - 18th st, 17th st, etc where kids can play in the street and people can mull around. So many cities around the world do that (and we can use smaller trucks and back alleys for deliveries, no one is trying to kill businesses)

[Anonymous]

The Thunderdome District?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love for each neighborhood to have a pedestrian only street - 18th st, 17th st, etc where kids can play in the street and people can mull around. So many cities around the world do that (and we can use smaller trucks and back alleys for deliveries, no one is trying to kill businesses)

we already have places where kids can play and people can hang out. they're called "parks" and we have more of them than any other city in this country. virtually everyone in washington dc lives within a 10 minute walk of a park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

Is it really necessary to point out that most of the bars, restaurants and stores in this city would go out of business if we banned cars?

yeah, if you look around the world, every major city has an a pedestrian only area that is just absolutely dead, without any restaurants, cafes, shops, etc. all the businesses instantly die and plazas sit empty. #sarcasm

We already have streets that are closed to traffic throughout the area. OP is talking about banning cars altogether. Sounds like 1. You need to get out more and 2. Work on your reading comprehension

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love for each neighborhood to have a pedestrian only street - 18th st, 17th st, etc where kids can play in the street and people can mull around. So many cities around the world do that (and we can use smaller trucks and back alleys for deliveries, no one is trying to kill businesses)

We should learn from, and emulate European cities.

But alas, we don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

Among the dumber posts in a while. Can't really believe it is real. I think we need to go in the other direction and get rid of bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

America is baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, Chevrolet and Smith & Wesson. If you want to live a European, New Zealand or Australian lifestyle then move to one of those places and enjoy your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:America is baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, Chevrolet and Smith & Wesson. If you want to live a European, New Zealand or Australian lifestyle then move to one of those places and enjoy your life.

I assume that if you think those places should have open immigration for anyone who wants to live there, you think we should too right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is such a beautifully designed city, with amazing outdoor dining and cafe potential.

But trucks, busses, cars and motorcycles ruin it for us residents.

DC is geographically tiny, so why not make our streets pedestrian and bicycles- only?

Is it really necessary to point out that most of the bars, restaurants and stores in this city would go out of business if we banned cars?

yeah, if you look around the world, every major city has an a pedestrian only area that is just absolutely dead, without any restaurants, cafes, shops, etc. all the businesses instantly die and plazas sit empty. #sarcasm

Which of those pedestrian only areas are 68 square miles and house 3/4 of a million people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unicorns will deliver supplies to downtown establishment.

This cracked me up!!!