‘Slow Streets’ is stupid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

Keep it up. The next time it happens the driver could sue you for damages related to obstructing a public roadway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Slow streets seems like a poor substitute for things that already exist.

If you actually want drivers to slow down, put in speed bumps.

If you want space to do leisure activity, who chooses the middle of the street — where some stoned out of his mind driver might run you down — over parks, yards and sidewalks? No one.

Slow streets is a solution in search of a problem.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

Ha! Or just get rid of slow streets!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

But also, drivers who can't avoid crashing their car into a chair shouldn't be allowed on any road.

We may just get some yellow construction warning tape and block off one end of the street completely next time.

You do realize that's obstructing a public highway, illegal, and subject to a fine.

who cares? cars shouldn’t have the right to 1/2 of the public space everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

Yes, these are called gated communities with people who pay for the "closed" streets they live on. If you desire such a life, then move away from a taxpayer-funded public roadway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

But also, drivers who can't avoid crashing their car into a chair shouldn't be allowed on any road.

We may just get some yellow construction warning tape and block off one end of the street completely next time.

You do realize that's obstructing a public highway, illegal, and subject to a fine.

who cares? cars shouldn’t have the right to 1/2 of the public space everywhere.

If you want to sit at a table, do it in your house or in a park or on the sidewalk on in a yard. You have plenty of places to go. Stay out of the road, moron.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

Keep it up. The next time it happens the driver could sue you for damages related to obstructing a public roadway.

I feel like the driver is the good guy in this story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

But also, drivers who can't avoid crashing their car into a chair shouldn't be allowed on any road.

We may just get some yellow construction warning tape and block off one end of the street completely next time.

You do realize that's obstructing a public highway, illegal, and subject to a fine.

who cares? cars shouldn’t have the right to 1/2 of the public space everywhere.

If you want to sit at a table, do it in your house or in a park or on the sidewalk on in a yard. You have plenty of places to go. Stay out of the road, moron.

pedestrians and bike riders actually belong in the road. slow the f down moron - you don’t own the road.

[Anonymous]

I agree that the Slow Streets program is awful. Speed limit on local streets in DC is already low. Most of these streets also have sidewalks but now people just walk in the street making it more dangerous for everyone. Encouraging pedestrians to walk on streets that also are open to cars - when they could be on the side walk - is just plain stupid.

Slow Streets unfairly diverts traffic onto other streets and unfairly burdens the neighbors. Awful that it was rolled out without any public input into into picking the "winner" streets. Makes me wonder whether all the designated slow streets have politically connected residents living on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the Slow Streets program is awful. Speed limit on local streets in DC is already low. Most of these streets also have sidewalks but now people just walk in the street making it more dangerous for everyone. Encouraging pedestrians to walk on streets that also are open to cars - when they could be on the side walk - is just plain stupid.

Slow Streets unfairly diverts traffic onto other streets and unfairly burdens the neighbors. Awful that it was rolled out without any public input into into picking the "winner" streets. Makes me wonder whether all the designated slow streets have politically connected residents living on them.

the slow streets were chosen because they are local streets. they should not be cut throughs for MD drivers to speed to their destination. There are arterials and minor arterials for that. I live on a minor arterial that is a block over from a slow street and I have seen zero increase in traffic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

But also, drivers who can't avoid crashing their car into a chair shouldn't be allowed on any road.

We may just get some yellow construction warning tape and block off one end of the street completely next time.

You do realize that's obstructing a public highway, illegal, and subject to a fine.

who cares? cars shouldn’t have the right to 1/2 of the public space everywhere.

If you want to sit at a table, do it in your house or in a park or on the sidewalk on in a yard. You have plenty of places to go. Stay out of the road, moron.

Sounds like you are the moron if you think streets are for the exclusive domain of cars

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that the Slow Streets program is awful. Speed limit on local streets in DC is already low. Most of these streets also have sidewalks but now people just walk in the street making it more dangerous for everyone. Encouraging pedestrians to walk on streets that also are open to cars - when they could be on the side walk - is just plain stupid.

Slow Streets unfairly diverts traffic onto other streets and unfairly burdens the neighbors. Awful that it was rolled out without any public input into into picking the "winner" streets. Makes me wonder whether all the designated slow streets have politically connected residents living on them.

the slow streets were chosen because they are local streets. they should not be cut throughs for MD drivers to speed to their destination. There are arterials and minor arterials for that. I live on a minor arterial that is a block over from a slow street and I have seen zero increase in traffic.

Because we drivers completely ignore the Slow Streets signs. Cops are free to cite us but everyone knows they won’t bother.

[Anonymous]

From the ddot website
What if I see people driving on the street even though they don’t live there?
Residents must NOT attempt to enforce the local-traffic-only restrictions by questioning those who drive on a Slow Street. As a reminder, drivers are discouraged from using a SlowStreet, but the Streets are still open for use by drivers accessing a destination within two blocks.
Due to other public safety staffing commitments, these streets are designed to be self-enforcing, meaning that MPD or DPW will not be consistently enforcing them, but you may report issues with the operation of Slow Streets your DDOT Community Engagement Specialist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just as an experiment this past weekend, we set out a cafe table and two chairs in the street just behind the slow street barricade at the end of our block on 48th street near Van Ness st.

It was clearly apparent to anyone that it was being used as a place for people to gather or sit.

Within an hour, a car had run into one of the chairs, smashing one of the legs badly.

The slow streets need to be CLOSED streets. Only accessible to people who actually live ON that street. Cut-through traffic needs to be eliminated altogether.

But also, drivers who can't avoid crashing their car into a chair shouldn't be allowed on any road.

We may just get some yellow construction warning tape and block off one end of the street completely next time.

You do realize that's obstructing a public highway, illegal, and subject to a fine.

who cares? cars shouldn’t have the right to 1/2 of the public space everywhere.

If you want to sit at a table, do it in your house or in a park or on the sidewalk on in a yard. You have plenty of places to go. Stay out of the road, moron.

pedestrians and bike riders actually belong in the road. slow the f down moron - you don’t own the road.

Pediatricians already have space reserved for them — they’re called sidewalks. Ditto bicyclists — we have miles and miles and miles of bike lanes. Stop hassling people merely because they drive cars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that the Slow Streets program is awful. Speed limit on local streets in DC is already low. Most of these streets also have sidewalks but now people just walk in the street making it more dangerous for everyone. Encouraging pedestrians to walk on streets that also are open to cars - when they could be on the side walk - is just plain stupid.

Slow Streets unfairly diverts traffic onto other streets and unfairly burdens the neighbors. Awful that it was rolled out without any public input into into picking the "winner" streets. Makes me wonder whether all the designated slow streets have politically connected residents living on them.

the slow streets were chosen because they are local streets. they should not be cut throughs for MD drivers to speed to their destination. There are arterials and minor arterials for that. I live on a minor arterial that is a block over from a slow street and I have seen zero increase in traffic.

Because we drivers completely ignore the Slow Streets signs. Cops are free to cite us but everyone knows they won’t bother.

I hope the woman from page 4-5 of this thread beans your car with one of her rocks one day.