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

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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.

Hi, this is me. I am a bike and transit enthusiast.

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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.

Hi, this is me. I am a bike and transit enthusiast.

Wow, that’s awesome. I am too. We are absolutely different people but I always love your posts and will absolutely reply to everyone seconds after you post to let you know how much I value you.

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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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

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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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

OK, then you should do that. However, DC won't, and shouldn't, center its transportation policy around your desire for a convenient single-occupancy car commute from the suburbs to a downtown office next to a Metro station.

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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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

OK, then you should do that. However, DC won't, and shouldn't, center its transportation policy around your desire for a convenient single-occupancy car commute from the suburbs to a downtown office next to a Metro station.

I never said single occupancy. I have a kid that I can drop at school and a spouse that also works downtown that I plan to commute with. Combined we were spending about $30 a day on Metro. Nope. Never again.

If DC doesn’t want to accommodate efficient transportation and would prefer that spare road capacity is unused while cars are backed up honking and emitting pollution. Well, I guess that’s their choice too.

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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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

OK, then you should do that. However, DC won't, and shouldn't, center its transportation policy around your desire for a convenient single-occupancy car commute from the suburbs to a downtown office next to a Metro station.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

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If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will stop driving downtown. It's as simple as that.

Fixed that for you.

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I never said single occupancy. I have a kid that I can drop at school and a spouse that also works downtown that I plan to commute with. Combined we were spending about $30 a day on Metro. Nope. Never again.

If DC doesn’t want to accommodate efficient transportation and would prefer that spare road capacity is unused while cars are backed up honking and emitting pollution. Well, I guess that’s their choice too.

Even with two people in a vehicle, it's still not efficient transportation.

Also, a car commute with cars backed up honking doesn't sound very pleasant to me, but that's your decision.

Did either you or your spouse ask your employer to participate in the employer-paid transit benefit programs? Employers with 20 or more employees in DC must participate, but maybe both of you work for employers with fewer than 20 employees in DC.

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I never said single occupancy. I have a kid that I can drop at school and a spouse that also works downtown that I plan to commute with. Combined we were spending about $30 a day on Metro. Nope. Never again.

If DC doesn’t want to accommodate efficient transportation and would prefer that spare road capacity is unused while cars are backed up honking and emitting pollution. Well, I guess that’s their choice too.

Even with two people in a vehicle, it's still not efficient transportation.

Also, a car commute with cars backed up honking doesn't sound very pleasant to me, but that's your decision.

Did either you or your spouse ask your employer to participate in the employer-paid transit benefit programs? Employers with 20 or more employees in DC must participate, but maybe both of you work for employers with fewer than 20 employees in DC.

I don’t care what you think. Enjoy my pollution.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

Have fun in your car, then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

OK, then you should do that. However, DC won't, and shouldn't, center its transportation policy around your desire for a convenient single-occupancy car commute from the suburbs to a downtown office next to a Metro station.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

LOL, except the ones who are adding showers and bike valets in their buildings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will stop driving downtown. It's as simple as that.

Fixed that for you.

It's silly to think that, if you deliberately make traffic downtown terrible, people will switch to some other form of transportation. Most people regard riding a bike as incredibly dangerous, incredibly inconvenient or both. And the public has turned rather decisively against the metro system (which to me seems like the real problem with DC transportation. The Metro has the potential to solve a whole lot of problems but, instead, everyone has learned to hate it). People will just work more from home and/or go to other parts of the DMV instead of downtown.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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.

Why would you think I want Metro better? The pandemic has made me truly understand how miserable it is and how miserable it made me. Driving will improve my overall happiness and save me money, so that’s what I’m going to do.

OK, then you should do that. However, DC won't, and shouldn't, center its transportation policy around your desire for a convenient single-occupancy car commute from the suburbs to a downtown office next to a Metro station.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

LOL, except the ones who are adding showers and bike valets in their buildings.

Oh, you mean all two of them? Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will stop driving downtown. It's as simple as that.

Fixed that for you.

It's silly to think that, if you deliberately make traffic downtown terrible, people will switch to some other form of transportation. Most people regard riding a bike as incredibly dangerous, incredibly inconvenient or both. And the public has turned rather decisively against the metro system (which to me seems like the real problem with DC transportation. The Metro has the potential to solve a whole lot of problems but, instead, everyone has learned to hate it). People will just work more from home and/or go to other parts of the DMV instead of downtown.

Ok, Yogi Berra. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will just stop going downtown. It's as simple as that. Sucks but it's true. At some point, businesses downtown will rebel and force the city the tear out all these bike lanes.

If it's too hard to drive downtown, people will stop driving downtown. It's as simple as that.

Fixed that for you.

It's silly to think that, if you deliberately make traffic downtown terrible, people will switch to some other form of transportation. Most people regard riding a bike as incredibly dangerous, incredibly inconvenient or both. And the public has turned rather decisively against the metro system (which to me seems like the real problem with DC transportation. The Metro has the potential to solve a whole lot of problems but, instead, everyone has learned to hate it). People will just work more from home and/or go to other parts of the DMV instead of downtown.

The purpose of bike lanes is to make it safe and convenient to use a bike for transportation.