Can we cancel Open Streets?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

[Anonymous]

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It creates massive traffic jams. That’s why people hate open streets. Thank goodness the city has heard the complaints and it’s scaling them back. Just two events this year, down from six last year. Open streets is on its way out…

Complete nonsense. Your idiocy is breathtaking.

[Anonymous]

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

Nobody cares. I'm white and excited for both Brookland Open Streets and GA Ave Open Streets. Eat it.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

It creates massive traffic jams. That’s why people hate open streets. Thank goodness the city has heard the complaints and it’s scaling them back. Just two events this year, down from six last year. Open streets is on its way out…

Trust me, they haven’t heard the complaints. It’s just not an election year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Amen. Or expand it city wide every weekend like in Bogota, where ciclovia was created. A beautiful, peaceful weekend day without murderous drivers f4cking up the city for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Amen. Or expand it city wide every weekend like in Bogota, where ciclovia was created. A beautiful, peaceful weekend day without murderous drivers f4cking up the city for the rest of us.

This would make a perfect Sunday. A day of peace, quiet and community, rather than the constant gunning of engines and blasting of sound systems.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Amen. Or expand it city wide every weekend like in Bogota, where ciclovia was created. A beautiful, peaceful weekend day without murderous drivers f4cking up the city for the rest of us.

This would make a perfect Sunday. A day of peace, quiet and community, rather than the constant gunning of engines and blasting of sound systems.

It's funny when progressives and religious fundamentalists are in agreement.

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It's funny when progressives and religious fundamentalists are in agreement.

Bipartisanship works

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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

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.

Even if this is true, what’s your point? All public events must meet racial quotas or they are cancelled? The worst part of you is that I guarantee you do not actually give a sh*t about actual black people.

If the people benefitting from open streets are mostly white (the ones walking down the middle of the street) and the people bearing the burden of open streets (the ones sitting in gridlock in surrounding neighborhoods) are mostly black and brown, that seems important, doesn’t it?

This should be easy to figure out. Someone go to open streets and report back. For reference, ward 5 is 33 percent white

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

You are driving your car across town to celebrate car free streets?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

You are driving your car across town to celebrate car free streets?

Probably... [hold on to your seat, because this is likely to trigger you] ... is taking a B I K E! Oh no! A cyclist!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

You are driving your car across town to celebrate car free streets?

Probably... [hold on to your seat, because this is likely to trigger you] ... is taking a B I K E! Oh no! A cyclist!

They didn’t say they were biking across town. They said traveling. You aren’t pp, why are you responding? You don’t know they are biking across town.

[Anonymous]

Is it the same Yoga studio that follows Open Streets around or do the organizers grab a local Yoga studio to represent that area?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

You are driving your car across town to celebrate car free streets?

Probably... [hold on to your seat, because this is likely to trigger you] ... is taking a B I K E! Oh no! A cyclist!

They didn’t say they were biking across town. They said traveling. You aren’t pp, why are you responding? You don’t know they are biking across town.

They also didn't say they were driving. But you assumed they were driving. Probably because, like a lot of people who only drive, you can't mentally separate your identity from that of your vehicle.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

Lol, sucks to be you. I'll be traveling across town to go to Brookland Open Streets. I'll also be spending money to reassure these businesses that they can profit from car free streets.

Love the temper tantrum, btw. F U

You are driving your car across town to celebrate car free streets?

Probably... [hold on to your seat, because this is likely to trigger you] ... is taking a B I K E! Oh no! A cyclist!

They didn’t say they were biking across town. They said traveling. You aren’t pp, why are you responding? You don’t know they are biking across town.

They also didn't say they were driving. But you assumed they were driving. Probably because, like a lot of people who only drive, you can't mentally separate your identity from that of your vehicle.

Ding ding.

Most folks who show up to Open Streets either walk from their houses, metro, or bike/roller skate/scooter their way there. But mr. carbrain here automatically assumes driving.

Do you drive to the gym parking as close as humanly possible to minimize the distance to the door and then walk on a treadmill for 45 minutes and then drive back to your house as well?