Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

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Anonymous wrote:It's in everyone's interest -- drivers, pedestrians, cyclists -- to have any much car traffic moving as efficiently as possible on major roads, ie any street named after a state. That's what they were designed for and that's where everyone expects there to be lots of traffic. When we force drivers to start cutting through neighborhoods on side streets because the main arteries are clogged, that's when we're asking for trouble.

+1. And it could be even worse on the weekends when tourists heading to the Zoo get routed by Waze onto Reno and into the neighborhoods. It’s completely foreseeable, sadly. Homeowners on side streets adjacent to Connecticut will get no relief.

Maybe this will encourage more people to use the metro that is conveniently located near the Zoo!
I think the 89 pages of this thread show pretty clearly that it is not in cyclists and pedestrian interest to keep things as they are, but you can keep chatting into the void.

Don't we all know how this movie is going to end? This plan is never going to take effect and, if it does, it will quickly be rescinded. It would be career suicide for city council members to create traffic Armageddon that pisses off hundreds of thousands of people for the sake of, like, nine guys who are really into bikes.

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+2. Go on Twitter. Follow Bike Lane Squaters of DC. Behold daily pictures of blocked bike lanes all over the city, INCLUDING the beloved concrete “protected” bike lanes. And you want to bring this junk to Connecticut Ave? Stop hiding behind studies. People can see with their own eyes that it’s not going to work.

That's hilarious. Love the government vehicles parked in bike lanes.

Spending a bajillion dollars on bike lanes only to have people use them to park their cars and the city does nothing about it is the most DC thing ever.

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Anonymous wrote:It's in everyone's interest -- drivers, pedestrians, cyclists -- to have any much car traffic moving as efficiently as possible on major roads, ie any street named after a state. That's what they were designed for and that's where everyone expects there to be lots of traffic. When we force drivers to start cutting through neighborhoods on side streets because the main arteries are clogged, that's when we're asking for trouble.

It is also in everyone's interest to have roads where pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, can move about their business in a safe manner. When a road is designed such that someone operating a car can move fast enough that they overturn it, as happened on Connecticut Avenue earlier this month, that is problematic. I am not sure why anyone would defend the status quo, which is clearly unsafe.

We'd all be better off if the handful of dudes super into bikes would just take the subway.

If I want to go from Chevy Chase to Vace, the Metro isn't really going to help me.

You're in luck! It turns out there is also a city bus system!

It is faster for me to bike. I would just like to do it safely.

Call me crazy but the city shouldnt have to spend billions of dollars and screw up traffic for hundreds of thousands of people because you and a handful of other Bernie bros don't like the bus

Traffic won't be screwed up. See the post someone else made that explains the reality of the lane usage.

I mean, we have been through this before. The Wisconsin Avenue Giant redevelopment was going to be a traffic mess for Cleveland Park. It wasn't.
The Emergency Shelter was going to bring a lot of undesirables to Cleveland Park and ruin the neighborhood. It hasn't.
The former Babes redevelopment was going to be the end of parking in Tenleytown. Nope.
The AU Law School was going to begrime Tenleiytown. It hasn't.
The closure of the service lane in Cleveland Park was going to doom the businesses there. They are still there.

Face it, you all fight about any change in the neighborhood and the bottom line, nothing has really changed. So enough with the hystrionics, it has been overplayed for decades to no avail.

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Anonymous wrote:It's in everyone's interest -- drivers, pedestrians, cyclists -- to have any much car traffic moving as efficiently as possible on major roads, ie any street named after a state. That's what they were designed for and that's where everyone expects there to be lots of traffic. When we force drivers to start cutting through neighborhoods on side streets because the main arteries are clogged, that's when we're asking for trouble.

It is also in everyone's interest to have roads where pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, can move about their business in a safe manner. When a road is designed such that someone operating a car can move fast enough that they overturn it, as happened on Connecticut Avenue earlier this month, that is problematic. I am not sure why anyone would defend the status quo, which is clearly unsafe.

We'd all be better off if the handful of dudes super into bikes would just take the subway.

If I want to go from Chevy Chase to Vace, the Metro isn't really going to help me.

You're in luck! It turns out there is also a city bus system!

It is faster for me to bike. I would just like to do it safely.

Call me crazy but the city shouldnt have to spend billions of dollars and screw up traffic for hundreds of thousands of people because you and a handful of other Bernie bros don't like the bus

PP either has a terrible grasp of numbers or a terrible grasp of the truth but DC does not spend billions on bike and pedestrian infrastructure - in fact it is less than 5% of DDOT's massive budget which is astonishing because most people in DC get around every day in some manner without using a vehicle.

Obviously the city doesnt spend billions in one year, but over the years? Yes, of course it has spend billions. We've had bike lanes in this city for almost 15 years.

No really DC has not spent billions.

I would be shocked if DC has even spent 50 million on bike lanes over the last 10 years.

DC doesn't even have 20 miles of protected bike lanes in the entire city.

Connecticut Avenue is estimated to cost about 8 million for 3 miles but that estimate includes a couple of hawk signals and some pedestrian islands and lots of design work. I'm pretty sure the CP streetscape improvement project is costing more by itself.

Most of the bike lanes we have in DC are just paint and some signs which is to say they are very inexpensive projects - as in like $10-$15000 for an entire project.

Just as an FYI DDOTs FY 2023 capital budget is $650 million, most of which goes towards repaving roads. DDOT has over 200 full time traffic engineers but just 2 staffers who work on bike lanes full time so on the personnel side as well spending on roads just swamps what is spent on bikes.

[Anonymous]

I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

BS. The only people I have spoken to who agree with you are over 70 and have lived in their houses for over 30 years. The overwhelming majority of the people who actually live here, cannot understand your 1950's era mentality. Most people want a safer and more livable Avenue,. Most people want options other than cars. Most people understand climate change is real. Most people understand that our cities are evolving away from car oriented transportation. The leadership in our ANCs, the Council and the Mayor are implementing this. THEY are our elected officials. THEY were voted in on a platform of safety, sustainability and liberal to progressive politics.

It is really just the very vocal deep minority that is expressing a pro-car, anti-safety agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

BS. The only people I have spoken to who agree with you are over 70 and have lived in their houses for over 30 years. The overwhelming majority of the people who actually live here, cannot understand your 1950's era mentality. Most people want a safer and more livable Avenue,. Most people want options other than cars. Most people understand climate change is real. Most people understand that our cities are evolving away from car oriented transportation. The leadership in our ANCs, the Council and the Mayor are implementing this. THEY are our elected officials. THEY were voted in on a platform of safety, sustainability and liberal to progressive politics.

It is really just the very vocal deep minority that is expressing a pro-car, anti-safety agenda.

That is just absolutely divorced from reality. You've gotten high on your own supply.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

We already have traffic jams. The bike lanes, which are non-existent currently, are not causing them. Since we already have traffic jams, and no space or appetitie to increase car capacity, we need another way of moving people around. Make space for bikes is one of several strategies. Obviously doing what we are doing now, and continuing to do the same thing, is not the solution.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

Yup, you did not feel the need to be aware of what is going on in your community and be involved in decision-making. Do you even vote?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

BS. The only people I have spoken to who agree with you are over 70 and have lived in their houses for over 30 years. The overwhelming majority of the people who actually live here, cannot understand your 1950's era mentality. Most people want a safer and more livable Avenue,. Most people want options other than cars. Most people understand climate change is real. Most people understand that our cities are evolving away from car oriented transportation. The leadership in our ANCs, the Council and the Mayor are implementing this. THEY are our elected officials. THEY were voted in on a platform of safety, sustainability and liberal to progressive politics.

It is really just the very vocal deep minority that is expressing a pro-car, anti-safety agenda.

That is just absolutely divorced from reality. You've gotten high on your own supply.

Maybe if you got outside of your bubble, you would see how the rest of your neighbors, who you don't associated with, are thinking.

Remember, only about 20% of of the people around Conn Avenue live in single family homes. If that is your litmus, then you are missing the voice of the other 80%. And most of the 20% who live in single family homes also disagree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

BS. The only people I have spoken to who agree with you are over 70 and have lived in their houses for over 30 years. The overwhelming majority of the people who actually live here, cannot understand your 1950's era mentality. Most people want a safer and more livable Avenue,. Most people want options other than cars. Most people understand climate change is real. Most people understand that our cities are evolving away from car oriented transportation. The leadership in our ANCs, the Council and the Mayor are implementing this. THEY are our elected officials. THEY were voted in on a platform of safety, sustainability and liberal to progressive politics.

It is really just the very vocal deep minority that is expressing a pro-car, anti-safety agenda.

That is just absolutely divorced from reality. You've gotten high on your own supply.

Maybe if you got outside of your bubble, you would see how the rest of your neighbors, who you don't associated with, are thinking.

Remember, only about 20% of of the people around Conn Avenue live in single family homes. If that is your litmus, then you are missing the voice of the other 80%. And most of the 20% who live in single family homes also disagree with you.

More lies. That'd an awfully narrow definition of people around Connecticut Avenue. How are you defining it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

BS. The only people I have spoken to who agree with you are over 70 and have lived in their houses for over 30 years. The overwhelming majority of the people who actually live here, cannot understand your 1950's era mentality. Most people want a safer and more livable Avenue,. Most people want options other than cars. Most people understand climate change is real. Most people understand that our cities are evolving away from car oriented transportation. The leadership in our ANCs, the Council and the Mayor are implementing this. THEY are our elected officials. THEY were voted in on a platform of safety, sustainability and liberal to progressive politics.

It is really just the very vocal deep minority that is expressing a pro-car, anti-safety agenda.

We had a neighbor speak out against this plan and the bike lobby doxed them to their employer. Another neighbor had their lawn sign stolen. It was pretty shocking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

Maybe you should take this energy and use it to advocate for traffic calming and transit in MoCo. It’s pretty hellish there, and one reason that I am likely staying in DC instead of moving to MoCo. In fact, the Ct Ave project is specifically one reason I might stay.

PS: you can drive to a metro station and metro in to DC. And no, you’re not going to be driving on side streets deep with Cleveland Park. That’s not actually how traffic works.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

This *is* the plan for traffic calming and safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a commuter from MD so you can hate on me, but in our newly hybrid world, I will come into my DC office much less when these changes go into effect. I will spend a lot less money in DC than I have over the past 20yrs. And I will be driving all over DC neighborhoods when I do have to drive downtown. Especially if Beach Drive remains closed. I'm sure the 10 families and 20 Lance Armstrong wanna-bes who use the bikes lanes will be super happy, but having traversed this route over decades, I can assure you that there will be total gridlock and more accidents.

I live on a busy street in MD that gets a lot of NIH commuter traffic, so I understand why residents want to find ways to incentivize options other than car travel. But realistically all the bike lane plan will accomplish is diverting traffic to neighborhood streets, creating huge traffic jams, and reducing interest in working in downtown offices. I know the NWDC crowd thinks that's awesome, but the people who run small businesses and their employees may be less enamored of a city leadership that is actively encouraging smaller numbers of daily visitors.

The quiet majority in DC agrees with you. Most of my neighbors had no idea this was the plan. We struggled these past two years to educate our kids and keep our families safe. We sort of knew there was an on-going discussion about safety on Connecticut Ave, but most thought it was about the reversible lanes and general pedestrian safety. Both important topics. But, it’s fairly shocking what a small, loud group of progressives activists were able to push through in plain sight. Let this be a warning to your neighbors.

Will you please take a break and actually read the documents on what the plan will do? So many people are here being “shocked” without actually informing themselves about the plan and its impact, mindlessly repeating falsehoods like “it will drive traffic to side streets.” Educate yourself, and until you do, honestly stfu.

https://ddot.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ddot/page_content/attachments/02_Conn%20Ave_Public%20Meeting_LR%232-Traff-Parking_FINAL_04012021.pdf