‘Slow Streets’ is stupid

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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.

You don't really have much standing here if you are saying that you blow through the legal speed limit on residential streets. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make - that drivers are scofflaws who don't care about other public space users?

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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.

Nope. Bikes ride in the street on slow streets - some of them have bike lines, but others are generally calm enough not to need bike lanes. And of course pedestrians are in the street to cross, enter and exit cars, and sometimes for safety during COVID to maintain 6-feet distance.

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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.

It's interesting that you think of Slow Streets as "hassling people because they drive cars." What does this hassle consist of, in your mind? You have to drive slowly? You have to drive a block or two out of your way? What, exactly?

[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 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.

You have to be incredibly stupid to throw rocks at cars. You could cause an accident. Hit the wrong person’s car and you could end in the hospital yourself.

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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.

Regardless of your thoughts on slow streets, you do realize that Rocks Lady was just another person telling lies on the internet?

[Anonymous]

Someone moved the Slow Street signs in our neighborhood off to the side so they don't block the road. Yay! Whoever did that is a hero.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone moved the Slow Street signs in our neighborhood off to the side so they don't block the road. Yay! Whoever did that is a hero.

The city moved all the signs last week so plows could get through. Being DC, they probably forgot to move them back.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone moved the Slow Street signs in our neighborhood off to the side so they don't block the road. Yay! Whoever did that is a hero.

The city moved all the signs last week so plows could get through. Being DC, they probably forgot to move them back.

Wouldn't snow make the streets even slower? Why plow them?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone moved the Slow Street signs in our neighborhood off to the side so they don't block the road. Yay! Whoever did that is a hero.

The city moved all the signs last week so plows could get through. Being DC, they probably forgot to move them back.

Wouldn't snow make the streets even slower? Why plow them?

For ambulances and firetrucks.

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Mayor Pete will sounds like he wants to make slow streets a thing nationwide. So we have that going for us.

[Anonymous]

Here in North Arlington. If I drive through my neighborhood at 25mph (speed limit) I get looks from all the K****S like I am a reckless maniac. If I drop it down to 15-20, these idiots act like I am cruising around looking for a kid to abduct.

I guess it has just become second nature for these folks to complain.

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Anonymous wrote:DC should tread lightly on commuter tax bs. Being completely surrounded by MD and VA, I wonder if all of the trucks heading into the city to restock etc. driving on MD and VA roads should be considered for a "tax". DC residents don't pay MD and VA for clogging the roads with supplies for the city.

Be careful what you wish for and especially now with telework from home becoming more and more common.

DC should be thankful it was chosen for the site of the Federal Government, otherwise it really offers nothing to anyone.

You got it backwards, it is really VA and MD that should be thankful for DC. Most of VA and MD would be backward hinterlands without the federal capital sandwiched between them. Placing DC here is the biggest government handout ever to a couple states that really don't have much else going for them.

Ha, this!

And being a DC resident this somehow give you satisfaction? Im sorry if times are tough, they will get better in DC (although way more expensive) for someone of your ilk. Just have patience, I'm sure things will straighten themselves out for you soon and you will be back on the path to recovery.

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Bumping up this thread to say that DDOT is looking for input. If you are like me - get in there and put Strongly Disagree a lot. I want more sidewalks and HAWK signals - not slow streets.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RTjIvOx6bXgo49MxQRRkACq28kbj5WkmM8NeOrZzf4w/viewform?ts=605a318c&edit_requested=true

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I’m avDC resident. I’m driving on any street I want.