All these new bike lanes that the city put in downturn during the pandemic are dumb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who commutes by car knows of what I speak. Sure public transport has its advantages but honestly the problem is that it’s just so public.

Love my cozy, comfy, little slice of heaven on wheels.

Actually most people who commute by car are unhappy about their commute.

TRANSPORTATION SATISFACTION BY TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS
Transportation Satisfaction by Commute Mode – In 2019, respondents who drove alone gave the lowest ratings for transportation satisfaction; only 29% of drive alone commuters were satisfied (Figure 4). Carpool/vanpool commuters also gave relatively low ratings; about four in ten (37%) were satisfied. Transit riders reported higher satisfaction; 49% of train riders and 52% of bus riders rated the transportation system as a 4 or 5. Commuters who biked or walked to work also gave generally good ratings, with 54% of respondents in this mode group being satisfied. A common trait of biking or walking commuters is that they do not drive and therefore can avoid the stress of congestion.

Length of commute time also makes a difference, with people whose commute is over 30 minutes one-way being less satisfied.

https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2020/06/17/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-travel-surveys/

Uhm don’t need to read your article because it isn’t even relevant. Yeah I agree commutes over a certain length of time 20-30 mins ... universally suck. Mine doesn’t suck in my car, but an even shorter car commute would be great which is why I dot get why the hate for the car driving folks. Money says if the Olney could find a comparable job in Olney they wouldn’t be clogging up your streets. Hence who the heck wants to commute to the city at all especially if bike lanes make it even 10 mins longer...again who wants to commute to the city? No one who can avoid it either by train, bus, bike or car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who commutes by car knows of what I speak. Sure public transport has its advantages but honestly the problem is that it’s just so public.

Love my cozy, comfy, little slice of heaven on wheels.

Actually most people who commute by car are unhappy about their commute.

TRANSPORTATION SATISFACTION BY TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS
Transportation Satisfaction by Commute Mode – In 2019, respondents who drove alone gave the lowest ratings for transportation satisfaction; only 29% of drive alone commuters were satisfied (Figure 4). Carpool/vanpool commuters also gave relatively low ratings; about four in ten (37%) were satisfied. Transit riders reported higher satisfaction; 49% of train riders and 52% of bus riders rated the transportation system as a 4 or 5. Commuters who biked or walked to work also gave generally good ratings, with 54% of respondents in this mode group being satisfied. A common trait of biking or walking commuters is that they do not drive and therefore can avoid the stress of congestion.

Length of commute time also makes a difference, with people whose commute is over 30 minutes one-way being less satisfied.

https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2020/06/17/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-travel-surveys/

Uhm don’t need to read your article because it isn’t even relevant. Yeah I agree commutes over a certain length of time 20-30 mins ... universally suck. Mine doesn’t suck in my car, but an even shorter car commute would be great which is why I dot get why the hate for the car driving folks. Money says if the Olney could find a comparable job in Olney they wouldn’t be clogging up your streets. Hence who the heck wants to commute to the city at all especially if bike lanes make it even 10 mins longer...again who wants to commute to the city? No one who can avoid it either by train, bus, bike or car.

I'd roll my eyes, only that's not polite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who commutes by car knows of what I speak. Sure public transport has its advantages but honestly the problem is that it’s just so public.

Love my cozy, comfy, little slice of heaven on wheels.

Actually most people who commute by car are unhappy about their commute.

TRANSPORTATION SATISFACTION BY TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS
Transportation Satisfaction by Commute Mode – In 2019, respondents who drove alone gave the lowest ratings for transportation satisfaction; only 29% of drive alone commuters were satisfied (Figure 4). Carpool/vanpool commuters also gave relatively low ratings; about four in ten (37%) were satisfied. Transit riders reported higher satisfaction; 49% of train riders and 52% of bus riders rated the transportation system as a 4 or 5. Commuters who biked or walked to work also gave generally good ratings, with 54% of respondents in this mode group being satisfied. A common trait of biking or walking commuters is that they do not drive and therefore can avoid the stress of congestion.

Length of commute time also makes a difference, with people whose commute is over 30 minutes one-way being less satisfied.

https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2020/06/17/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-travel-surveys/

Uhm don’t need to read your article because it isn’t even relevant. Yeah I agree commutes over a certain length of time 20-30 mins ... universally suck. Mine doesn’t suck in my car, but an even shorter car commute would be great which is why I dot get why the hate for the car driving folks. Money says if the Olney could find a comparable job in Olney they wouldn’t be clogging up your streets. Hence who the heck wants to commute to the city at all especially if bike lanes make it even 10 mins longer...again who wants to commute to the city? No one who can avoid it either by train, bus, bike or car.

the “hate for the car driving folk” is due to your insistence that your car should dominate downtown and not take pedestrians and bikers into account.

[Anonymous]

Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

There is nothing more inefficient than have space road capacity idle while vehicles are clogging streets increasing NOx pollution and hurting your citizens public health. I guess posturing to GGW is more important though. Seems like a weird way to make public policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

There is nothing more inefficient than have space road capacity idle while vehicles are clogging streets increasing NOx pollution and hurting your citizens public health. I guess posturing to GGW is more important though. Seems like a weird way to make public policy.

When you drive by yourself to work,

-your car uses a lot of energy to transport you
-your car uses a lot of space to transport you
-your car uses a lot of space to sit unused for [however many hours] while you're at the office

That's inefficiency. DC shouldn't enable it or subsidize it.

If you're worried about DC public health and air quality, then you should use a different means of transportation in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

There is nothing more inefficient than have space road capacity idle while vehicles are clogging streets increasing NOx pollution and hurting your citizens public health. I guess posturing to GGW is more important though. Seems like a weird way to make public policy.

When you drive by yourself to work,

-your car uses a lot of energy to transport you
-your car uses a lot of space to transport you
-your car uses a lot of space to sit unused for [however many hours] while you're at the office

That's inefficiency. DC shouldn't enable it or subsidize it.

If you're worried about DC public health and air quality, then you should use a different means of transportation in DC.

You’ll prove your point with more Ozone Action Days. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

have fun in your car!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

right? it’s extremely odd to think commuting to the downtown center of the capitol of a major world superpower should be some kind of empty freeway at 60mph.

[Anonymous]

Pro-bike sock puppetry. What’s the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who commutes by car knows of what I speak. Sure public transport has its advantages but honestly the problem is that it’s just so public.

Love my cozy, comfy, little slice of heaven on wheels.

Actually most people who commute by car are unhappy about their commute.

TRANSPORTATION SATISFACTION BY TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS
Transportation Satisfaction by Commute Mode – In 2019, respondents who drove alone gave the lowest ratings for transportation satisfaction; only 29% of drive alone commuters were satisfied (Figure 4). Carpool/vanpool commuters also gave relatively low ratings; about four in ten (37%) were satisfied. Transit riders reported higher satisfaction; 49% of train riders and 52% of bus riders rated the transportation system as a 4 or 5. Commuters who biked or walked to work also gave generally good ratings, with 54% of respondents in this mode group being satisfied. A common trait of biking or walking commuters is that they do not drive and therefore can avoid the stress of congestion.

Length of commute time also makes a difference, with people whose commute is over 30 minutes one-way being less satisfied.

https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2020/06/17/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-travel-surveys/

Uhm don’t need to read your article because it isn’t even relevant. Yeah I agree commutes over a certain length of time 20-30 mins ... universally suck. Mine doesn’t suck in my car, but an even shorter car commute would be great which is why I dot get why the hate for the car driving folks. Money says if the Olney could find a comparable job in Olney they wouldn’t be clogging up your streets. Hence who the heck wants to commute to the city at all especially if bike lanes make it even 10 mins longer...again who wants to commute to the city? No one who can avoid it either by train, bus, bike or car.

personal anecdotes are everything

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

You realize Metro isn't only a DC thing, right? Like it is MD and VA as well. So if you want it to be better, you need to tell your elected representatives what your needs are. As it is, DC has created its own alternative transportation system in the form of the Circulator and Capital Bikeshare - which has spread to MD and VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

There is nothing more inefficient than have space road capacity idle while vehicles are clogging streets increasing NOx pollution and hurting your citizens public health. I guess posturing to GGW is more important though. Seems like a weird way to make public policy.

Then we should have electric buses and fewer cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suburbanite here with an office on I Street and used to take Metro to work even though it was more expensive than monthly parking downtown (not including vehicle depreciation) and it absolutely sucked. I was informed that I will be returning to work in person on hybrid starting in July and I already made 2 months of parking reservations. I’m never getting back on the Metro. At this stage DC has two choices. It can facilitate efficient transportation solutions or it can posture with inefficient bike lanes which will cause my vehicle and others to idle in the streets contributing to increased air pollution.

There is nothing more inefficient than a single-occupancy-vehicle commute to I Street.

There is nothing more inefficient than have space road capacity idle while vehicles are clogging streets increasing NOx pollution and hurting your citizens public health. I guess posturing to GGW is more important though. Seems like a weird way to make public policy.

Then we should have electric buses and fewer cars.

And dedicated bus lanes for the electric buses.