#JustinsTrafficJam

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Anonymous wrote:Now it looks like Justin's cohorts are littering the area with juvenile flyers in the attempt to smear those affected by this debacle.

How embarrassing for him.

Haven’t seen these. Can you post. One of my older neighbors blew out a tire when she was driving to the hospital and hit one if the stops next to the bike lane. It really rattled her.

Imagine if she blew out a tire and hit a person on a bicycle.

Protected/separated bike lanes are good for people on bikes and also good for people in cars who don't want to hit people on bikes.

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

There aren't a lot of collisions when cars are moving slowly or are stopped.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now it looks like Justin's cohorts are littering the area with juvenile flyers in the attempt to smear those affected by this debacle.

How embarrassing for him.

Haven’t seen these. Can you post. One of my older neighbors blew out a tire when she was driving to the hospital and hit one if the stops next to the bike lane. It really rattled her.

Imagine if she blew out a tire and hit a person on a bicycle.

Protected/separated bike lanes are good for people on bikes and also good for people in cars who don't want to hit people on bikes.

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

There aren't a lot of collisions when cars are moving slowly or are stopped.

Did you graduate from TC Williams?

[Anonymous]

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There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

[Anonymous]

Whoah. Who saw the new docs posted on that FB site? Not looking good for current leadership.

[Anonymous]

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There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whoah. Who saw the new docs posted on that FB site? Not looking good for current leadership.

What is the name of the FB site -- thanks.

[Anonymous]

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There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

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I am a driver and a biker and I am happy to share the road with other drivers. I am also rational and know that commuters from Manassas, Burke, Centreville, and Woodbridge cannot bike to their jobs at the Army Headquarters if Seminary Road. Nor can residents from Kenwood Nursing Home, Goodwin House, Washington House, and Claridge House ride bikes to INOVA Alexandria Hospital.

If hundreds of bikers were waiting for these bike lanes, why are they so heavily unused. Or did you use the tired meme “if you build it, they will come” on the reliably gullible Del and Justin?

No, you're not. Because another way to say "sharing the road with other drivers" is "sitting in traffic." And nobody is happy to sit in traffic. Just read the complaints on this thread!

The presence of bike lanes enables people to go places safely by bike. The presence of bike lanes does not require everyone to always go everywhere by bike.

you are very presumptuous to interpret what sharing the road with other drivers means to me. It simply means that other thousands of other drivers and I are using roads together I do not mind sitting in traffic. It is part of urban life

So roads are to be used constantly by many while bike lanes are to be used for a privileged few as they wish to use them.

Again, if bike lanes are so desirable, why aren’t they used?

According to Census data almost 2% of Alexandria residents who work commute by bike, predominantly (IE does not include those who commute by bike sometimes, but more often by another mode, or those who bike to a metro station).

According to data from the Metro Washington Council of Govts, about 7% of households in Alexandria have someone who biked on a weekday (which usually means for transportation) in any given week.

Bike lanes in Alexandria are used. Some are less used than others, in part because they are located to help calm traffic and b buffer pedestrians. Which is the case with Seminary Road. Whether they have succeeded in reducing speeding we will find out when the City presents data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now it looks like Justin's cohorts are littering the area with juvenile flyers in the attempt to smear those affected by this debacle.

How embarrassing for him.

Haven’t seen these. Can you post. One of my older neighbors blew out a tire when she was driving to the hospital and hit one if the stops next to the bike lane. It really rattled her.

You mean the curbits? Which are next to a section designated for pedestrians? Which have bright orange traffic barrels in between them? Remember when opponents of the changes complained that it was useless as a sidewalk, because there was nothing seperating that section from cars?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now it looks like Justin's cohorts are littering the area with juvenile flyers in the attempt to smear those affected by this debacle.

How embarrassing for him.

Haven’t seen these. Can you post. One of my older neighbors blew out a tire when she was driving to the hospital and hit one if the stops next to the bike lane. It really rattled her.

Imagine if she blew out a tire and hit a person on a bicycle.

Protected/separated bike lanes are good for people on bikes and also good for people in cars who don't want to hit people on bikes.

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

There aren't a lot of collisions when cars are moving slowly or are stopped.

Cars there move, at about 25MPH, most of the time. So protection is a good idea. Flex posts though are often run over. Curbits plus flex posts are an option. Last time I rode through there the curbits were seperated by orange barrels which were easy to see.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

I am handicapped and can't bike. I need to drive. But thanks for explaining stuff to me, so helpful for able bodied people to set me straight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

LOL no, especially by the aggressive cyclists I see, they don't look very happy.

I would wager heavily that pedestrians are the happiest commuters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

LOL no, especially by the aggressive cyclists I see, they don't look very happy.

I would wager heavily that pedestrians are the happiest commuters.

Walking and biking are both good for happiness. I seem to recall seeing a study showing that bike commuters ARE happier than walkers, but I can also believe walkers are happier.

When walkers are not happy, its usually for the same reasons that bikers are unhappy - roads designed to prioritize cars over all other ways of getting around, roads that encourage high speeds, drivers doing dangerous things, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

I am handicapped and can't bike. I need to drive. But thanks for explaining stuff to me, so helpful for able bodied people to set me straight.

Many people with disabilities who can drive can also bike. Not all, of course!

In any case, if you need to drive, then you should be in favor of other people biking. More people biking = fewer people driving = less traffic for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There are no people on bikes on Seminary Road. She would be more likely to hit a car from all the backed up traffic caused by the bike lanes. White posts like those installed to narrow corners of streets would be more effective along the bike lanes because people can actually see them. Since you seem to be a member of the bike lobby, please ask Justin to have DES install them. You people seem to be the only ones to whom he listens.

You need one of these: https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s

I do. I have a lot of cleaning to do before Christmas, and it would be perfect for the toilets.

The happiest commuters are people who commute by bicycle. Give it a try!

LOL no, especially by the aggressive cyclists I see, they don't look very happy.

I would wager heavily that pedestrians are the happiest commuters.

Then you'd lose.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/02/27/biking-happiness-commute-study-university-of-minnesota/