Virginia drivers are purely punitive on DC residents. They drive fast through DC streets and don't pay taxes here, yet contribute to congestion on the road. And most of the ones driving on Arizona Ave are coming from Maryland, cutting through DC to get home. |
AZ Ave never was a four lane road. But then you know that. Few and far between are the cases when lanes are taken away for bike lanes. Rather, bike lanes are more commonly installed by: (i) narrowing overly-wide lanes which encourage speeding; or (ii) removing on-street parking, which usually improves traffic flow. I suspect you knew this also. The claim that bike lanes is a common cause of traffic jams is so ridiculous that it barely warrants dignifying. Last I checked, no bike lanes have been installed on 495. Yet it’s clogged every rush hour. At this point, denying induced demand is akin to flat-eartherism. |
The VA <-> MD transit traffic is a pox unto NW DC. This relentless stream of speeding vehicles destroys local roads, endangers local residents, pollutes the local environment, and - through the incessant honking of entitled sh*tbags enraged by any other driver who doesn’t drive recklessly enough - destroys the quality of life of an otherwise pleasant area, while giving absolutely nothing back to the city. The notion - advanced by some on here - that DC local government officials should encourage this plague is absurd. |
If traffic jams were really your concern you would advocate for banning street parking and replacing it with bike/bus lanes as appropriate. |
Homeless and violent drug addict voucher residents have destroyed the quality of life in our NW neighborhood. I’ll take my chances with the drivers who spend money in DC and support CRE. |
I use them, but I'm still terrified of being hit by a distracted driver. The end of bike lanes means the end of road biking for me. |
I live in MoCo between DC and the Beltway and can say the same about the DC drivers who recklessly cut through my neighborhood everyday. |
+1 |
Bike lanes don’t create traffic. What creates traffic is people driving their cars when they have the option to walk, bike, e-bike, scooter, moped, bus, or metro. What alleviates traffic is making it easier, cheaper, and safer to do any one of these things instead of driving. The advocacy of you and your fellow nincompoops from the misnomered “DC Safe Streets Coalition” can only serve to worsen traffic congestion on DC streets and make them less safe. |
-100000000000000000000 Sanity wins. |
Folks commuting between MD and VA via NW DC don’t spend money in the city. That’s the point. Not sure why you like superbugs. |
I saw someone with a toddler on her handlebars riding on the yellow line between the two lanes of a street named after a state. Insane. |
They pay a lot of taxes when they park their cars, buy their meals, and sit in office buildings. Lots and lots of taxes that our Council fritters away on bike lanes and violence interrupters. |
I love the driver's seat economists here. Just so knowledgeable. |
Do you seriously not understand what it means for someone to commute BETWEEN Maryland AND Virginia??? All of that time huffing carbon monoxide has apparently done a real number on your reading comprehension. |