Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

The city is just begging to get sued with this. Someone is going to get really sick or die from this, and their family is going to make the city pay.

Cities all over the US and all over the world are doing this.

Cities all over the US are also refusing to close everything down because of coronavirus. Doesn't mean it's a smart idea.

Name two, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

The city is just begging to get sued with this. Someone is going to get really sick or die from this, and their family is going to make the city pay.

Cities all over the US and all over the world are doing this.

Cities all over the US are also refusing to close everything down because of coronavirus. Doesn't mean it's a smart idea.

Name two, please.

There's a slew of them.

"The bump in coronavirus cases is most pronounced in states without stay at home orders. Oklahoma saw a 53% increase in cases over the past week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Over same time, cases jumped 60% in Arkansas, 74% in Nebraska, and 82% in Iowa. South Dakota saw a whopping 205% spike."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-coronavirus/index.html

[Anonymous]

We have been noticing in the neighborhood, with fast cut-through traffic was down, how great it is to see kids riding their bikes more frequently and to appreciate nature more. We’ve been thinking about, once the restrictions are lifted and the economy comes back, how to maintain some of the gains in children’s and pedestrian safety. Our thoughts include petitioning the DC government to lay down a carpet of speed humps on more of the residential streets, and are open to other suggestions to calm/mitigate traffic speed and volume. Because much of the neighborhood (Cleveland Park) lies between major arterials like Connecticut and Wisconsin, in normal times there are a lot of MD and VA vehicles that cut through the side streets is search of a faster route.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

The city is just begging to get sued with this. Someone is going to get really sick or die from this, and their family is going to make the city pay.

Cities all over the US and all over the world are doing this.

Cities all over the US are also refusing to close everything down because of coronavirus. Doesn't mean it's a smart idea.

Name two, please.

There's a slew of them.

"The bump in coronavirus cases is most pronounced in states without stay at home orders. Oklahoma saw a 53% increase in cases over the past week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Over same time, cases jumped 60% in Arkansas, 74% in Nebraska, and 82% in Iowa. South Dakota saw a whopping 205% spike."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics/republican-governors-stay-at-home-coronavirus/index.html

Two examples of cities in the US that are refusing to close everything down, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

There is no one on the sidewalks.

The streets are empty.

We have bike lanes no one uses.

We have more parks than any other city in America.

There isn't even anyone on the Mall.

The idea that people don't have space to move is absurd.

This is just the anti-car folks trying to exploit the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

There is no one on the sidewalks.

The streets are empty.

We have bike lanes no one uses.

We have more parks than any other city in America.

There isn't even anyone on the Mall.

The idea that people don't have space to move is absurd.

This is just the anti-car folks trying to exploit the pandemic.

Where do you live? Because it's certainly not in the DC area. I don't know what things are like in Nizhni Novgorod.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/debate-over-closing-streets-for-exercise/2268444/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

There is no one on the sidewalks.

The streets are empty.

We have bike lanes no one uses.

We have more parks than any other city in America.

There isn't even anyone on the Mall.

The idea that people don't have space to move is absurd.

This is just the anti-car folks trying to exploit the pandemic.

My elderly, high-risk parents can’t find a sidewalk they feel comfortable walking on near where they live by U Street — too many people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

There is no one on the sidewalks.

The streets are empty.

We have bike lanes no one uses.

We have more parks than any other city in America.

There isn't even anyone on the Mall.

The idea that people don't have space to move is absurd.

This is just the anti-car folks trying to exploit the pandemic.

Where do you live? Because it's certainly not in the DC area. I don't know what things are like in Nizhni Novgorod.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/debate-over-closing-streets-for-exercise/2268444/

I'll second this - in my low density NW neighborhood I've never seen more people walking and biking than we have over the last month - as much as I hate Covid-19 it would be great if everyone would continue to walk and bike this much when this has passed but alas the aggressive drivers from MD will return and our neighborhood streets will revert to their lawless state again.

And RCP has been absolutely jammed - I've been running in the park regularly for 30 years and there have never been so many people using the park.

[Anonymous]

I just drove down River Road through Bethesda and saw that Little River is closed to cars so people can walk, run, bike, scooter, etc. and it was SWARMING with people. I can't believe how stupid and frankly, unfair, these government decisions are. Let's close down all playing fields in entire state (confession: I was in my car hoping to find some field, somewhere, my teenager can practice--she is hoping to get recruited next year and losing months beyond months of practice is horrible) but then invite thousands of people to swarm to one street for "exercise." Absolutely ridiculous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just drove down River Road through Bethesda and saw that Little River is closed to cars so people can walk, run, bike, scooter, etc. and it was SWARMING with people. I can't believe how stupid and frankly, unfair, these government decisions are. Let's close down all playing fields in entire state (confession: I was in my car hoping to find some field, somewhere, my teenager can practice--she is hoping to get recruited next year and losing months beyond months of practice is horrible) but then invite thousands of people to swarm to one street for "exercise." Absolutely ridiculous!

Little Falls Parkway, you mean?

But yes, I agree - we need LOTS more streets closed, so that this doesn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a great idea!

Let's have runners who are huffing and puffing go to the same place as old people going for a walk!

What's the worst that could happen?

People would be safer just exercising wherever they happen to live.

Which is exactly why there should be a DC-wide program to give street space to people wherever they happen to live.

There is no one on the sidewalks.

The streets are empty.

We have bike lanes no one uses.

We have more parks than any other city in America.

There isn't even anyone on the Mall.

The idea that people don't have space to move is absurd.

This is just the anti-car folks trying to exploit the pandemic.

Where do you live? Because it's certainly not in the DC area. I don't know what things are like in Nizhni Novgorod.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/debate-over-closing-streets-for-exercise/2268444/

I'll second this - in my low density NW neighborhood I've never seen more people walking and biking than we have over the last month - as much as I hate Covid-19 it would be great if everyone would continue to walk and bike this much when this has passed but alas the aggressive drivers from MD will return and our neighborhood streets will revert to their lawless state again.

And RCP has been absolutely jammed - I've been running in the park regularly for 30 years and there have never been so many people using the park.

DC needs to lay down a carpet of speed bumps on residential side streets, and install other devices like right turn only diverters, no left turn restrictions, etc. the objective is to discourage fast cut thru driving on the side streets and keep the thru traffic on the major avenues and arterial where it belongs. DC residents need to be very vocal about this. The Bowser administration is much less supportive of traffic calming than the Fenty and Gray admins were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

DC needs to lay down a carpet of speed bumps on residential side streets, and install other devices like right turn only diverters, no left turn restrictions, etc. the objective is to discourage fast cut thru driving on the side streets and keep the thru traffic on the major avenues and arterial where it belongs. DC residents need to be very vocal about this. The Bowser administration is much less supportive of traffic calming than the Fenty and Gray admins were.

Fast driving isn't good there either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

DC needs to lay down a carpet of speed bumps on residential side streets, and install other devices like right turn only diverters, no left turn restrictions, etc. the objective is to discourage fast cut thru driving on the side streets and keep the thru traffic on the major avenues and arterial where it belongs. DC residents need to be very vocal about this. The Bowser administration is much less supportive of traffic calming than the Fenty and Gray admins were.

Fast driving isn't good there either.

No, it’s not and that’s what speed cameras are for. Not to mention if you encourage the through traffic to stay on the major arterials, where it should be, then the volume will tend to slow the speed anyway.