Thanks to the bike party organizers!

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

Let’s be real, cyclists are predominantly entitled early to middle age white men in spandex. Good thing their wives can handle the errands and child care pickups.

You make this too easy sometimes
https://x.com/dkrucoff/status/1779631215064101324?s=46&t=EwM4bfthPj_yHwyhXgwkdw

Make what easy? The fact that entitled early to middle aged men are one both sides of this issue throwing tantrums while everyone else is just trying to get sh!t done?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

Exactly the people whose daily lives will be disrupted if bike lanes gridlock Connecticut Ave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

It seems all about them, doesn’t it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

Let’s be real, cyclists are predominantly entitled early to middle age white men in spandex. Good thing their wives can handle the errands and child care pickups.

Don't you get bored posting the same old trash takes over and over and over? Maybe you could be creative and think up some new trash takes.

It’s my first time posting on this thread. But it’s not trash talk, it’s true. I was involved in a bike and pedestrian group for a long time before I realized they were far more interested in advocating for their hobbies than anything else. Not one of those men picked up their kid from daycare and all cared far more about getting a bike lane to no where than pedestrians improvements near a local elementary school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

Exactly the people whose daily lives will be disrupted if bike lanes gridlock Connecticut Ave.

Well, you misread what they were saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

It seems all about them, doesn’t it?

It’s always all about them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

"Reversible Lane Study"

+1. Even the DDOT witness last week was amazed at how this somehow became primarily a bike lane project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

Exactly the people whose daily lives will be disrupted if bike lanes gridlock Connecticut Ave.

+1. It’s already hard enough to raise kids in this city because of the crazy leftist policies. Please move back to Petworth and live out your Dutch dreams.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

Exactly the people whose daily lives will be disrupted if bike lanes gridlock Connecticut Ave.

+1. It’s already hard enough to raise kids in this city because of the crazy leftist policies. Please move back to Petworth and live out your Dutch dreams.

You make this site amazing. Do you have an open mic or anywhere else I can find more of this awesome NIMBY satire

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

Let’s be real, cyclists are predominantly entitled early to middle age white men in spandex. Good thing their wives can handle the errands and child care pickups.

Don't you get bored posting the same old trash takes over and over and over? Maybe you could be creative and think up some new trash takes.

It’s my first time posting on this thread. But it’s not trash talk, it’s true. I was involved in a bike and pedestrian group for a long time before I realized they were far more interested in advocating for their hobbies than anything else. Not one of those men picked up their kid from daycare and all cared far more about getting a bike lane to no where than pedestrians improvements near a local elementary school.

In this context, biking is not a hobby, it is a form of transportation. You don't really see the lycra clad "bike bros" commuting to work, as that recreational activity is more done out on country roads, not Connecticut Avenue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

"Reversible Lane Study"

+1. Even the DDOT witness last week was amazed at how this somehow became primarily a bike lane project.

You mean the interim director who just came on to the scene? There are about a thousand improvements vetted under this plan, the bike lanes were one of them, but the people opposed to bike lanes will have managed to kill the whole project by the time the dust settles, because bike lanes are integral to Vision Zero, to the DC Sustainability Plan, the Net Zero plans, the clean air plans and the MoveDC plans. But hey, we need more parking so that will supercede everything else, right?

It was only the "Save Connecticut Avenue" people who made it about bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

Were they riding only two abreast as the law requires?

The whole thing was illegal, which makes it funny to see these folks complain about cars following the law.

It also just makes people hate cyclists, which doesnt seem good for anyone. This stuff makes the streets less safe for everyone.

People are cyclists. Cyclists are people.

Let’s be real, cyclists are predominantly entitled early to middle age white men in spandex. Good thing their wives can handle the errands and child care pickups.

"Honey can you pick up the dry cleaning, get the kids at soccer, feed them dinner and put them to bed? I need to go harass people who are in cars."

Heh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

"Reversible Lane Study"

+1. Even the DDOT witness last week was amazed at how this somehow became primarily a bike lane project.

You mean the interim director who just came on to the scene? There are about a thousand improvements vetted under this plan, the bike lanes were one of them, but the people opposed to bike lanes will have managed to kill the whole project by the time the dust settles, because bike lanes are integral to Vision Zero, to the DC Sustainability Plan, the Net Zero plans, the clean air plans and the MoveDC plans. But hey, we need more parking so that will supercede everything else, right?

It was only the "Save Connecticut Avenue" people who made it about bike lanes.

Vision Zero is as bad a policy as COVID Zero which destroyed the education of an entire generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ward 3 Dems head (and ex-ANC chair) Bo Finley is tweeting “f—- you” to bike lane skeptics. What is it about the ANC flicking off their constituents?

They're all pissed that their scheme to sneak this through during the pandemic was discovered and that their lies about overwhelming neighborhood knowledge and support were exposed.

For the nth time a disconnect has been shown between their rhetoric and their actions.

Are are over 50 public meetings, all available during and post COVID on zoom, "sneaking through?"

It is a far, far cry from the actual sneaking through that took place in the decades before when meetings were only in person at really inconvenient times for working people and parents of small kids that the ANC and CPCA routinely had. The meetings around this effort were attended by hundreds of people at a time - far more than would ever have participated in regular in-person pre-COVID ANC meetings.

Hardly undemocratic.

"Reversible Lane Study"

+1. Even the DDOT witness last week was amazed at how this somehow became primarily a bike lane project.

You mean the interim director who just came on to the scene? There are about a thousand improvements vetted under this plan, the bike lanes were one of them, but the people opposed to bike lanes will have managed to kill the whole project by the time the dust settles, because bike lanes are integral to Vision Zero, to the DC Sustainability Plan, the Net Zero plans, the clean air plans and the MoveDC plans. But hey, we need more parking so that will supercede everything else, right?

It was only the "Save Connecticut Avenue" people who made it about bike lanes.

The fact that you know the career history of a local government agency history indicates you may need to find another hobby besides biking.

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Anonymous wrote:The grumpy people will continue to complain. I saw some video of the event and it looked like a lot of fun.

Exactly. And “fun” is one factor that should never be taken into account when making major transportation infrastructure decisions.

Cyclists are allowed to ride on the streets. They will ride at whatever speed they can. Some are able to ride faster than others. Drivers have an obligation to drive safely. Bikers have an obligation to bike safely. But drivers do not have the right to be impatient of a cyclists is "riding too slow" for them. That is why bike lanes are needed.

Yes, we have the "right" to be impatient with someone who is riding their bike 20-25 miles below the speed limit, but somehow is too impatient to ride on a bike path or sidewalk where people are walking only 2-3 mph slower than they are riding.