Thanks to the bike party organizers!

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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.

Every single bike into work bro I've known considers biking to be their hobby!

[Anonymous]

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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

It is crazy that we spend billions on bike lanes while starving the subway. The metro used to move more people around in a single day than bike lanes will over the next 30 years.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Every single bike into work bro I've known considers biking to be their hobby!

They can be both. They might ride into work during the week and then ride out on country roads on the weekend. But the point is, bike lanes are a form of transportation, and there is a distinction between that and recreational riders. It is a distinction that opponents of bike infrastructure never make.

[Anonymous]

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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

It is crazy that we spend billions on bike lanes while starving the subway. The metro used to move more people around in a single day than bike lanes will over the next 30 years.

We don't spend billions on bike lanes. That is a false trope that seems to have gained a lot of life on this forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

It is crazy that we spend billions on bike lanes while starving the subway. The metro used to move more people around in a single day than bike lanes will over the next 30 years.

We don't spend billions on bike lanes. That is a false trope that seems to have gained a lot of life on this forum.

It is neither a trope nor is it false. You can just look at the city budget. It spends $250 million on bike stuff every single year and has for many, many years.

[Anonymous]

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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

It is crazy that we spend billions on bike lanes while starving the subway. The metro used to move more people around in a single day than bike lanes will over the next 30 years.

We don't spend billions on bike lanes. That is a false trope that seems to have gained a lot of life on this forum.

It is neither a trope nor is it false. You can just look at the city budget. It spends $250 million on bike stuff every single year and has for many, many years.

Actually, you are wrong. They spend money on road improvements which were going to happen anyway, and some of those improvements include a little bit of space for bikes and scooter. Learn how to read a budget.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Every single bike into work bro I've known considers biking to be their hobby!

Every single dipshit motorist considers driving poorly to be their hobby!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

It is crazy that we spend billions on bike lanes while starving the subway. The metro used to move more people around in a single day than bike lanes will over the next 30 years.

We don't spend billions on bike lanes. That is a false trope that seems to have gained a lot of life on this forum.

It is neither a trope nor is it false. You can just look at the city budget. It spends $250 million on bike stuff every single year and has for many, many years.

Spending $249 million on road blacktop, foundation and labor and $1 million on concrete for protected bike lanes doesn't make the whole project about bike lanes, you dolt.

[Anonymous]

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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?

There aren't enough bicyclists for that to make one ioata of difference. Removing the rush hour restrictions on parking will add gridlock though.

[Anonymous]

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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

Here's a tiny sampling:

$36 million to expand bike lanes
$15 million to expand Capital Bikeshare
$1.3 million to hire people to clean bike lanes
$57 million to make K Street more bike/bus friendly
$21 million for bike/pedestrian bridge
$18.5 million for bike/pedestrian bridge
$120,000 to buy electric bikes

[Anonymous]

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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

Here's a tiny sampling:

$36 million to expand bike lanes
$15 million to expand Capital Bikeshare
$1.3 million to hire people to clean bike lanes
$57 million to make K Street more bike/bus friendly
$21 million for bike/pedestrian bridge
$18.5 million for bike/pedestrian bridge
$120,000 to buy electric bikes

Just think of how many cars these projects gets off the road. Think about the pollution that isn't being spewed into the air, think about the health benefits for the people using these facilities and the emergency room and doctor care not being utilized - so that people who need to drive and park, can, so that people who need medical car have easier access to it.

I don't know what the $39.5 for pedestrian/bike bridges are for, the K Street has to be remade and most of that money is to facilitate the eventual expansion of the streetcar to downtown DC.

The $1.3 million for cleaning bike lanes is actually to both manage trails, clean bike lanes and teach DCPS kids how to ride bikes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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?

There aren't enough bicyclists for that to make one ioata of difference. Removing the rush hour restrictions on parking will add gridlock though.

Right, so you are concerned about the gridlock cause by bike lanes but not concerned about gridlock caused by parking lanes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

It's unfortunate that people on this forum continue to try to blatantly lie. Several of the people interviewed are middle aged with families in upper NW.



https://x.com/dcsafer/status/1780799656554873305?s=46&t=EwM4bfthPj_yHwyhXgwkdw

DC is only 37 percent white, yet that group was almost 100 percent white. They are privileged and out of touch and think the rest of the city should adjust to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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?

There aren't enough bicyclists for that to make one ioata of difference. Removing the rush hour restrictions on parking will add gridlock though.

Right, so you are concerned about the gridlock cause by bike lanes but not concerned about gridlock caused by parking lanes.

It's the same gridlock. I think that it's a bad idea to remove the rush hour parking restrictions.

The parking plan causes almost all the same gridlock problems. But at least it serves more people and helps businesses while costing less.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think bike lanes make sense. But I fully support bike trails. I just don’t want bikes and cars in the same place if it can be avoided.

Exactly! And that is what a closed beach Drive is for - bikes.

The same boring nonsense over and over again

So roads that are shut down for cyclists to use are nonsense? Well, I guess we don't need to consider bike lanes then. It's all nonsense, everyone!!