Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

[Anonymous]

No one said empty at all times. It is just that there is seldom a time when the entirty of the Avenue is fully parked up all of the time. And I am not talking about during "rush hour" restrictions.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like DDOT are considering making some pretty significant design changes from the concept maps which would definitely set the early timelines back as those are usually based on very optimistic assumptions.

The changes are not impacting the timelines, just the overall quality (lower) of the project.

Whether or not the changes will delay the project is hard for an outsider to say, but DDOT have already stated that the the indicative timeline is delayed by at least 5 months.

On top of that, they have committed to actions that will further delay any actual construction/installation by an undefined period of time but likely also several months.

So it will easily be a 12 month delay to completion.

Now you are just making stuff up. Literally last week at a DDOT meeting with ANC 3C they said they were on track to deliver the next stage of design in the Spring, which is right on track.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like DDOT are considering making some pretty significant design changes from the concept maps which would definitely set the early timelines back as those are usually based on very optimistic assumptions.

The changes are not impacting the timelines, just the overall quality (lower) of the project.

Whether or not the changes will delay the project is hard for an outsider to say, but DDOT have already stated that the the indicative timeline is delayed by at least 5 months.

On top of that, they have committed to actions that will further delay any actual construction/installation by an undefined period of time but likely also several months.

So it will easily be a 12 month delay to completion.

Now you are just making stuff up. Literally last week at a DDOT meeting with ANC 3C they said they were on track to deliver the next stage of design in the Spring, which is right on track.

They said on the 19th that they were 18 months from completing design. Go back and look at that chart again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The editorial was absurd. It acknowledges that thousands of cars will be diverted to side streets. It implies that bikes will be used mostly during rush hour. It implies that current bike usage may not justify bike lanes. On Thursday, I drove downtown from CC Circle to K Street at roughly 9 am. I saw one bike, on the side walk, western side. I returned at roughly 1015 am. I saw one bike on the Avenue itself, eastern side near Uptown Theater. Thursday was a beautiful winter day. Yes, of course, I am aware that many were on vacation or out of town. Meanwhile, hundreds of cars were on the Avenue.

Funny, I saw hundreds of people out biking yesterday on and around CT Ave.

Yesterday, Sunday, I drove straight down the Avenue from the Avalon to below Dupont Circle at 12 noon, and returned at about 3 pm. I saw 2 bikes on the downtown trip, only one of which was on the Avenue. On the return trip, I saw 3 bikes on the sidewalk at Calvert, appearing to have come out of the RC Park. Yesterday had good weather.

Today, Tuesday, I headed down the Avenue from Avalon to K St at 1030 am and returned at noon. I saw 2 bikes heading downtown, one on the sidewalk, and one on the Avenue. On the return trip, I saw 2 bikes also, one on the Avenue and one on the sidewalk. Today's weather was good.

This is fun. Today, Thursday, I headed downtown along the Avenue from the Avalon to M St at 11 am and returned at 2 pm. Heading south, I saw 2 bikes, one on the Avenue and one on the sidewalk. I did see motorcycle on the sidewalk, though I presume that is illegal. Heading north, i saw a wopping 9 bikes, just north and south of the Bridge. 6 on sidewalk, one with a kid in back. 3 bikes on Conn. Again, good weather today.

Yesterday, Monday, I drove down the Avenue at 930 am to K and returned at 230 pm. Heading south, I saw 2 bikes. One on Calvert crossing Conn. Second on Conn below Bridge heading south. On return trip, I saw 4 bikes between DuPont and Bridge, 2 on the sidewalk. I however did see 2 senior citizens using walking canes, and 1 citizen in a wheel chair. Maybe, they count for purposes of bike lanes? Yesterday was a decent winter day. No moisture.

[Anonymous]

Yesterday I saw 7 cars blow through stop signs adjacent to Connecticut Avenue and 2 cars completely ignore red lights ON Conn Ave.

This is a fun game, should we do it every day?

[Anonymous]

https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-over-bike-lanes-needs-a-mindset-shift/amp

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-over-bike-lanes-needs-a-mindset-shift/amp

Breaking: bars do really well with bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

It’s funny that folks want to keep arguing pro- and con- when that’s totally irrelevant at this point.

Folks may as well relax until 2025 when the design is complete 12 months late and costs have escalated 5x and DC’s budget is back to being deep in the red. That’s when the real argument starts. There’s no point arguing about something now that has a 50/50 chance of being vaporeare.

[Anonymous]

Should we be concerned that the same folks pushing the Revised Criminal Code are pushing these bike lanes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Should we be concerned that the same folks pushing the Revised Criminal Code are pushing these bike lanes?

You mean, the voters of DC and their elected representatives? I’d be deeply concerned about democracy if I were a fascist, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Should we be concerned that the same folks pushing the Revised Criminal Code are pushing these bike lanes?

Generally when people have one bad idea, they also have many bad ideas. So it does not surprise me if they are the same people.

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Anonymous wrote:Should we be concerned that the same folks pushing the Revised Criminal Code are pushing these bike lanes?

Generally when people have one bad idea, they also have many bad ideas. So it does not surprise me if they are the same people.

Should I be surprised that the same people who can't read more than a few conservative talking points to make up their mind on a decades worth of criminal code revisions are the same group who knee jerk reacts to bike lanes on roads around here? Nah.

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Anonymous wrote:Should we be concerned that the same folks pushing the Revised Criminal Code are pushing these bike lanes?

Generally when people have one bad idea, they also have many bad ideas. So it does not surprise me if they are the same people.

It’s a bad idea to increase the penalty for attempted murder or sexual assaults?

[Anonymous]

The bike lane fanatics should be eating crow. Their belief that the Conn Ave bike lanes would happen based on the election was ill founded. Matt Frumin has proven reasonable and sane with his understanding that a connected bike network is just propaganda. He is killing it at its root - where it would connect at Calvert. This is a great idea. Narrow the bike lanes down the entire avenue and the whole enterprise will fail so we can all move on with a safe Connecticut Ave.

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