Thanks to the bike party organizers!

[Anonymous]

Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

Bikes are poor transportation because they aren’t useful in bad weather and e-bikes provide zero exercise value. If you want to be taken seriously that you believe these issues are serious, you should be promoting more transit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

So. Much. This.


OMG, this completely encapsulates and defines the whole mess right there. Probably one of the most epic posts I’ve read here in years.


Bravo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

Bikes are poor transportation because they aren’t useful in bad weather and e-bikes provide zero exercise value. If you want to be taken seriously that you believe these issues are serious, you should be promoting more transit.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/04/17/what-to-say-when-someone-claims-no-one-bikes-or-walks-in-bad-weather

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/well/move/bikes-exercise-workouts.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Speed limit (maximum legal driving speed) on Connecticut Ave: 25 mph
Easy bicycling speed downhill: 15 mph
Typical overall easy bicycling speed: 12 mph
Fast walking speed: 5 mph
Typical overall easy walking speed: 3 mph

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

Rational thinkers understand that the gridlock caused by the bike lanes will cause more pollution than is saved. And that the majority of the very rare cyclist deaths occur in “protected” bike lanes. These things are neither green nor safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

Bikes are poor transportation because they aren’t useful in bad weather and e-bikes provide zero exercise value. If you want to be taken seriously that you believe these issues are serious, you should be promoting more transit.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/04/17/what-to-say-when-someone-claims-no-one-bikes-or-walks-in-bad-weather

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/well/move/bikes-exercise-workouts.html

You can post links to irrelevant opinion articles or just look at the actual data for DC. Bike lane use during the winter is almost non-existent.
https://ddot.dc.gov/page/dc-automated-bicycle-and-pedestrian-counters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out: Bike lanes, weed stores, defunding the police.

In: Normal thinking.

Basically a decade of dumb policies dressed up as progressive politics ruined the city. Good to see the correction of course. Unfortunately there has not been progress on the weed shops yet.

[Anonymous]

I don't think there is anybody more just plain BORING on DCUM than the obsessive bike-hating poster. The same stuff, over, and over, and over, and over, and over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think there is anybody more just plain BORING on DCUM than the obsessive bike-hating poster. The same stuff, over, and over, and over, and over, and over.

I know. It gets boring hearing the neighbors, the police, and the business owners all say the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have more than 150 miles of bike lanes. Seems like more than enough given how few people ride bikes.

We’ve built an entirely new transportation system, costing billions of dollars, for a tiny number of white guys who think they’re too good for the bus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have more than 150 miles of bike lanes. Seems like more than enough given how few people ride bikes.

We’ve built an entirely new transportation system, costing billions of dollars, for a tiny number of white guys who think they’re too good for the bus

I think of it as an outlet for them to exert power and control in a world where they are quickly becoming increasingly irrelevant. Effectively the physical manifestation of Dylan Thomas’s “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have more than 150 miles of bike lanes. Seems like more than enough given how few people ride bikes.

We’ve built an entirely new transportation system, costing billions of dollars, for a tiny number of white guys who think they’re too good for the bus

Political power is getting a city with a 20 percent poverty rate, that’s cutting positions in schools because of budget constraints, to spend billions of dollars on your hobby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weed stores are not even in to be out.
The police have not been defunded.

Normal thinking is understanding we have a climate issue, a health issue and a transportation issue, and bike lanes can help all three of those.

Rational thinkers understand that the gridlock caused by the bike lanes will cause more pollution than is saved. And that the majority of the very rare cyclist deaths occur in “protected” bike lanes. These things are neither green nor safe.

So what about the gridlock caused when the curb lanes are for parked cars and there is no where safe for bikes as the Mayor is now implementing on Connecticut Avenue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have more than 150 miles of bike lanes. Seems like more than enough given how few people ride bikes.

We’ve built an entirely new transportation system, costing billions of dollars, for a tiny number of white guys who think they’re too good for the bus

Political power is getting a city with a 20 percent poverty rate, that’s cutting positions in schools because of budget constraints, to spend billions of dollars on your hobby

A recreational rider is not using Connecticut Avenue for that puporse.

Also, no one is spending "billions" on bike infrastructure as you falsely assert.