Connecticut Ave bike lanes are back!
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Anonymous
This is true. It’s also true that cyclists can just also ride with concern for the safety of pedestrians when they are on sidewalks. |
Anonymous
You mean the same way motorists do when cyclists are on the road? |
Anonymous
Motorists show the same consideration to cyclists as vice versa. |
Anonymous
I am not sure why it’s so hard for cyclists to be considerate of pedestrians the same way that cyclists demand that motorists drive with safety and consideration of cyclists or else face legal consequences. |
Anonymous
How many times has a pedestrian died or been injured at the fault of a cyclist? Sure, it has happened, but it is very rare. What is the consequence of a cyclist hitting a pedestrian versus a car hitting a cyclist? When a cyclist has to ride on a sidewalk, they have to go very slowly, to the point that the efficiency of being on wheels is lost. How about we just eliminate any rules of the road so cars, people and bikes just mix, like they did in the early 20th century? Then, everyone has to go very slowly. |
Anonymous
You may want to pick a different talking point When your core claim is that cyclists are afraid of riding in traffic. |
Anonymous
| There is a reason there aren't many cyclists riding on Connecticut Avenue (and many more who don't call themselves cyclists but would if it were safe) and roads like it, and it is riding on an unsafe street despite the amenities that exist there. |
Anonymous
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The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart goverments do the math on investing in better mobility.
It wastes public money to not do it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504332/ The Netherlands is well known for their high bicycle use. We used the Health Economic Assessment Tool and life table calculations to quantify the population-level health benefits from Dutch cycling levels. Cycling prevents about 6500 deaths each year, and Dutch people have half-a-year-longer life expectancy because of cycling. These health benefits correspond to more than 3% of the Dutch gross domestic product. Our study confirmed that investments in bicycle-promoting policies (e.g., improved bicycle infrastructure and facilities) will likely yield a high cost–benefit ratio in the long term. |
Anonymous
How many times has a cyclist died or been injured at the fault of a car on Connecticut Avenue? Sure, it has happened, but it is very rare. It writes itself. Nice way to reinforce the stereotype of cyclists as entitled, self-centered a-holes. It’s incredible how |
Anonymous
The Netherlands has an extensive and regular public mass transit system with lots of trains and trams. They are also more densely populated and people walk a lot more. Those are the two predicates. If you want us to be more like the Netherlands then we should be building lots of light rail and finishing the sidewalk system not wasting money, time and effort on bike lanes for a few dozen people. |
Anonymous
“We” refers to a handful of out of touch people who also have very safe alternatives. More importantly, there is no real demand. And that particular corridor has had few if any bike-related accidents in the past fifty years. There was a death in 1971 when a cyclist ran a red light. We would prefer other options for our tax dollars. |
Anonymous
Speaking of an out of touch minority using "we" |
Anonymous
On top of all that, the Netherlands also has the highest rates of car ownership in Europe. |
Anonymous
| Connecticut Ave needs 1 lane each way for cars, 1 lane each way for buses, and 1 lane each way for cyclists. Anything more than that creates the “traffic” that people hate |
Anonymous
They are also building new highways like crazy to ease congestion. G https://www.autodesk.com/design-make/articles/sustainable-highway#:~:text=A%20new%20highway%20is%20set,to%20the%20project's%20sustainable%20approach. |