Can we cancel Open Streets?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

Yawn. Yep, looks like all white people and almost no one showed up to the Open Streets that was actually hosted in Ward 8 last year on MLK Avenue.

[Anonymous]

Weird thread. I don’t like Open Streets but I appreciate it for my neighbors and friends with kids who do. Just because one doesn’t like or use a public service doesn’t make it of no value to others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

+1

[Anonymous]

It’s hard being part of an urban society OP, people always around to inconvenience you. Thank god in America there are plenty of open plains you can have to yourself and go 60mph to swim lessons, probably at a much lower cost then around here!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

If your plan to get people out of cars means people will actually spend more time in traffic, maybe it’s time to find a new plan. It’s like having a cancer drug that has the side effect of causing cancer.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

I don't have to Google. I have attended all of the Open Streets events on Georgia Ave. and I can attest to what I saw with my own eyes. The crowd was not overwhelmingly white. Did you attend?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

I don't have to Google. I have attended all of the Open Streets events on Georgia Ave. and I can attest to what I saw with my own eyes. The crowd was not overwhelmingly white. Did you attend?

Sounds like you’re admitting that what the actual footage shows does not comport with your memory…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And people in cars are like, no thanks

No, mostly just you.

The city has been relentlessly promoting bike lanes for 15 years and yet hardly anyone uses them. I’m sorry your anti-car agenda is so unpopular. If you want to get people out of cars, un-suck the subway. That would actually make a difference.

Uhmm.. there's more than a few hundred thousand capital bikeshare rides *each month*... so yeah. Those lanes are used PP.

Uh, huh. If you look at the data, you’ll see there’s fewer people using Capital Bikeshare today than there was five years ago. It has been an unmitigated failure and a massive waste of money.

Um actually no. That's completely not true at all, they set a record ridership in the system for nearly every month this year against the prior records so far.

January 2023? 204,077. January 2017? 174,804.
March 2023? 290,430. March 2017? 245,403.
April 2023? 389,243. That's almost 25,000 more than April 2017's 365,990.

The only month that missed setting a new record was February - which was 207,591 for 2023 vs. a prior peak of 226,303 in 2017. Basically, 2023 is CaBi's best year by a solid margin and 2022 was actually in the running with 2017/2018.

oh wow, great data!

[Anonymous]

Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that of all the myriad things we could fault DC goverment for, OP thinks it is block parties that are the big issue? Lololol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

I don't have to Google. I have attended all of the Open Streets events on Georgia Ave. and I can attest to what I saw with my own eyes. The crowd was not overwhelmingly white. Did you attend?

Sounds like you’re admitting that what the actual footage shows does not comport with your memory…

Who do you think you're fooling with this nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

I don't have to Google. I have attended all of the Open Streets events on Georgia Ave. and I can attest to what I saw with my own eyes. The crowd was not overwhelmingly white. Did you attend?

Sounds like you’re admitting that what the actual footage shows does not comport with your memory…

The actual footage shows diverse and very crowded events. What the actual f*** are you talking about?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

I don't have to Google. I have attended all of the Open Streets events on Georgia Ave. and I can attest to what I saw with my own eyes. The crowd was not overwhelmingly white. Did you attend?

Sounds like you’re admitting that what the actual footage shows does not comport with your memory…

What? I haven't seen the footage so I can't and haven't characterized it. I can characterized what I saw with my own eyes and that demonstrates that you are spreading misinformation. Can you answer once and for all whether you have attended these events yourself? Or, do you want to continue your immature trolling?

[Anonymous]

Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.