Slow Streets is over! Yay!

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Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

One result of the pandemic is that a lot of people in our NW DC neighborhood walk and bike in the side streets now. So, slow down, drivers! And if you don't, we'll get some of those really high speed bumps.

Use your intelligence. I'm all for road sharing but walkers...use the sidewalks. Bikes in the street fine. Runners fine too. But walkers - especially three abreast so busy chatting they aren't paying attention, dogs on long leashes, or that one old guy who likes to walk in the middle of the street on an erratic path with headphones on - get to the sidewalk. You no longer have to fear dying by sharing air with someone else.

Yes, drivers should slow down. And especially use the Stop signs - my pet peeve - I feel like my kids are in much more danger there. HATE speed bumps. If you get them - I'll honk everytime I go over. You still live in a city - be a polite pedestrian. You'll suffer far more if a car hits you.

Street walkers drive me crazy. The other day on one of the major streets in our neighborhood a dad was pushing a stroller right down the street. Next to the sidewalk, of course. No. Not appropriate.

That’s a covid trend that needs to end.

[Anonymous]

I'm all for slowing down streets--when the signs first popped up in Capitol Hill, I thought DC was building bump-out intersections. Great idea. But no... of course not... we only got stupid signs which aggravated everyone and blocked cars from passing each other legally. Epic fail, DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm all for slowing down streets--when the signs first popped up in Capitol Hill, I thought DC was building bump-out intersections. Great idea. But no... of course not... we only got stupid signs which aggravated everyone and blocked cars from passing each other legally. Epic fail, DC.

I agree with this. The blockades actually made the situation more dangerous because cars couldn’t safely clear intersections. Seattle does this thing where they put this little tiny traffic islands in the middle of intersections in residential neighborhoods. It’s a much better solution and aesthetically pleasing too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm all for slowing down streets--when the signs first popped up in Capitol Hill, I thought DC was building bump-out intersections. Great idea. But no... of course not... we only got stupid signs which aggravated everyone and blocked cars from passing each other legally. Epic fail, DC.

I agree with this. The blockades actually made the situation more dangerous because cars couldn’t safely clear intersections. Seattle does this thing where they put this little tiny traffic islands in the middle of intersections in residential neighborhoods. It’s a much better solution and aesthetically pleasing too.

Landscaped bump-outs and these small circles are great - they slow speed, enhance safety, are green and permeable, and enhance safety for all!

(which is why Bowser's DDOT probably won't invest in them).

[Anonymous]

Omg hallelujah and amen and praise the lord. Thanks fir sharing. I no longer need to feel like criminal fir taking the shortest way ☺️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

One result of the pandemic is that a lot of people in our NW DC neighborhood walk and bike in the side streets now. So, slow down, drivers! And if you don't, we'll get some of those really high speed bumps.

Use your intelligence. I'm all for road sharing but walkers...use the sidewalks. Bikes in the street fine. Runners fine too. But walkers - especially three abreast so busy chatting they aren't paying attention, dogs on long leashes, or that one old guy who likes to walk in the middle of the street on an erratic path with headphones on - get to the sidewalk. You no longer have to fear dying by sharing air with someone else.

Yes, drivers should slow down. And especially use the Stop signs - my pet peeve - I feel like my kids are in much more danger there. HATE speed bumps. If you get them - I'll honk everytime I go over. You still live in a city - be a polite pedestrian. You'll suffer far more if a car hits you.

Street walkers drive me crazy. The other day on one of the major streets in our neighborhood a dad was pushing a stroller right down the street. Next to the sidewalk, of course. No. Not appropriate.

I doubt that the dad was a "street walker."

Seriously, some streets lack sidewalks or are too narrow for even a stroller (thanks to big, fat Pepco poles plunked in the middle of some sidewalks). This was one of the reasons for the Safe Streets program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Street walkers drive me crazy. The other day on one of the major streets in our neighborhood a dad was pushing a stroller right down the street. Next to the sidewalk, of course. No. Not appropriate.

I doubt that the dad was a "street walker."

Seriously, some streets lack sidewalks or are too narrow for even a stroller (thanks to big, fat Pepco poles plunked in the middle of some sidewalks). This was one of the reasons for the Safe Streets program.

Yes, before condemning people who chose to walk in the street, go check out the sidewalk. If a parent pushing a stroller decided that a "major street" was a better option than the sidewalk, likely there's a problem with the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg hallelujah and amen and praise the lord. Thanks fir sharing. I no longer need to feel like criminal fir taking the shortest way ☺️

Oh, so you are the crazy iPhone distracted commuter who goes 45 on our one-lane residential street. Can we come by your exurban cul-de-sac and burn some tire circles?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Street walkers drive me crazy. The other day on one of the major streets in our neighborhood a dad was pushing a stroller right down the street. Next to the sidewalk, of course. No. Not appropriate.

I doubt that the dad was a "street walker."

Seriously, some streets lack sidewalks or are too narrow for even a stroller (thanks to big, fat Pepco poles plunked in the middle of some sidewalks). This was one of the reasons for the Safe Streets program.

Yes, before condemning people who chose to walk in the street, go check out the sidewalk. If a parent pushing a stroller decided that a "major street" was a better option than the sidewalk, likely there's a problem with the sidewalk.

That’s a valid point. But some of these new strollers are ridiculously wide, so maybe they need to consider using a McLaren instead of a Bugaboo to better accommodate their situation. I also think it’s true that some people just cannot be bothered, particularly when using sidewalks requires encountering oncoming people that need to be negotiated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Street walkers drive me crazy. The other day on one of the major streets in our neighborhood a dad was pushing a stroller right down the street. Next to the sidewalk, of course. No. Not appropriate.

I doubt that the dad was a "street walker."

Seriously, some streets lack sidewalks or are too narrow for even a stroller (thanks to big, fat Pepco poles plunked in the middle of some sidewalks). This was one of the reasons for the Safe Streets program.

Yes, before condemning people who chose to walk in the street, go check out the sidewalk. If a parent pushing a stroller decided that a "major street" was a better option than the sidewalk, likely there's a problem with the sidewalk.

That’s a valid point. But some of these new strollers are ridiculously wide, so maybe they need to consider using a McLaren instead of a Bugaboo to better accommodate their situation. I also think it’s true that some people just cannot be bothered, particularly when using sidewalks requires encountering oncoming people that need to be negotiated.

Same goes for cars. Use a small car like a Prius to commute to work, no need to squeeze through small residential streets with some oversized SUV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

Heh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

Heh

I’m going to guess this was a typical DC outcome: someone important complained.

Not to say I don’t disagree with it. But if it wasn’t for that, those things would still be up partly just out of entropy but also because they originated from other people complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

Heh

I’m going to guess this was a typical DC outcome: someone important complained.

Not to say I don’t disagree with it. But if it wasn’t for that, those things would still be up partly just out of entropy but also because they originated from other people complaining.

The public hated it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

Heh

I’m going to guess this was a typical DC outcome: someone important complained.

Not to say I don’t disagree with it. But if it wasn’t for that, those things would still be up partly just out of entropy but also because they originated from other people complaining.

The public hated it.

DC government being responsive to citizens is not common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Big defeat for the anti-car folks.

Heh

I’m going to guess this was a typical DC outcome: someone important complained.

Not to say I don’t disagree with it. But if it wasn’t for that, those things would still be up partly just out of entropy but also because they originated from other people complaining.

The public hated it.

I didn't hate it, I kind of liked it (and always made a point to run or bike on the closed street closest to me just to make sure it was getting used). The only people anyone heard from about it, I suspect, were the people who didn't like it.