D.C. needs to get a lot more car friendly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

As if everyone can ride a bike, lol.

Most people can

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think there’s *space* for more car friendliness. Do you want to replace the national mall with parking lots?

They actually looked at building one underneath which would have been a dream idea. They also need to stop this development nonsense, especially building multi families and apt buildings without dedicated parking . It's chaotic. And btw I don't own a car and I pretty much walk/bus. Metro makes me shudder.

There's one underneath Boston Common. It's not that big a deal.

+1

Yeah, but that don't have that kind of common sense here, so forget that idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

As if everyone can ride a bike, lol.

Most people can

Sure, most people can ride a bike, but that doesn't mean a bike is the preferred means of transportation for most people, especially those with families who often have to make multi-stop errands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think there’s *space* for more car friendliness. Do you want to replace the national mall with parking lots?

They actually looked at building one underneath which would have been a dream idea. They also need to stop this development nonsense, especially building multi families and apt buildings without dedicated parking . It's chaotic. And btw I don't own a car and I pretty much walk/bus. Metro makes me shudder.

There's one underneath Boston Common. It's not that big a deal.

Exactly. If you proposed the same for DC what would happen is that you would see the biggest whine of your life by dozens of white dudes in spandex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

As if everyone can ride a bike, lol.

Most people can

Sure, most people can ride a bike, but that doesn't mean a bike is the preferred means of transportation for most people, especially those with families who often have to make multi-stop errands.

Most of the bicycle people don’t have young kids, know people with disabilities, etc. They don’t envisage that there are people that have very different transportation needs than they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

+1 also agree. Commuter tax to fund and improve Metro!

Absolutely. Along with cutting off all but non-emergency/non-disabled private cars on downtown arteries, a la Slow Streets in San Francisco.

That's insane. Half the bars and restaurants and stores in Washington would close. Cities need people to circulate. If you make traffic impossible and the subway unusable, people will stop moving around. That's what happened in San Francisco. Museums there are worried there are going to have to close because no one uses Slow Streets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/08/arts/design/san-francisco-bikes-cars-museum.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

As if everyone can ride a bike, lol.

Most people can

Sure, most people can ride a bike, but that doesn't mean a bike is the preferred means of transportation for most people, especially those with families who often have to make multi-stop errands.

Most of the bicycle people don’t have young kids, know people with disabilities, etc. They don’t envisage that there are people that have very different transportation needs than they do.

Bike lanes are the ultimate in white privilege.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, nobody wants to take public trans anymore. I work with families in Ward 7 and can't give away Smartrip cards. The demand is for gas cards, or Uber/Lyft cards.

If you are giving away things, people shouldn't "demand" anything.

Glad we appointed you to be the designated person to tell people what they should not do.

[Anonymous]

It's weird how much time and energy the city puts into bike lanes that hardly anyone uses, but no one cares that the subway has become basically unusable.

More people used to use the subway in a single day than people who use bike lanes in a year. The subway got far more cars off the streets than all this wishful thinking about bike lanes.

If we cared about the environment, we would focus on fixing the subway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

As if everyone can ride a bike, lol.

Most people can

Sure, most people can ride a bike, but that doesn't mean a bike is the preferred means of transportation for most people, especially those with families who often have to make multi-stop errands.

Most of the bicycle people don’t have young kids, know people with disabilities, etc. They don’t envisage that there are people that have very different transportation needs than they do.

The city would be awful and traffic would be really dangerous if everyone road bicyclists. Just ask Paris.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/world/europe/paris-bicyles-france.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we should do the opposite. Discourage car use. I am serious.

100% agree
-- bike commuter

+1 also agree. Commuter tax to fund and improve Metro!

Absolutely. Along with cutting off all but non-emergency/non-disabled private cars on downtown arteries, a la Slow Streets in San Francisco.

That's insane. Half the bars and restaurants and stores in Washington would close. Cities need people to circulate. If you make traffic impossible and the subway unusable, people will stop moving around. That's what happened in San Francisco. Museums there are worried there are going to have to close because no one uses Slow Streets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/08/arts/design/san-francisco-bikes-cars-museum.html

Allowing Greg from Richmond Sea Cliffs to generate big time watts on his Cervelo is way more important than a few museums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's weird how much time and energy the city puts into bike lanes that hardly anyone uses, but no one cares that the subway has become basically unusable.

More people used to use the subway in a single day than people who use bike lanes in a year. The subway got far more cars off the streets than all this wishful thinking about bike lanes.

If we cared about the environment, we would focus on fixing the subway.

I like to bike and often bike commute but this is absolutely 100% the case. I wish we wound invest in the metro properly so it was ubiquitous and functional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's weird how much time and energy the city puts into bike lanes that hardly anyone uses, but no one cares that the subway has become basically unusable.

More people used to use the subway in a single day than people who use bike lanes in a year. The subway got far more cars off the streets than all this wishful thinking about bike lanes.

If we cared about the environment, we would focus on fixing the subway.

I like to bike and often bike commute but this is absolutely 100% the case. I wish we wound invest in the metro properly so it was ubiquitous and functional.

I agree..I believe in carrots. If you want people to not drive, probably vide amazing alluring alternatives. Meanwhile, I don't need people circling the block looking for parking - so provide ample parking. Most people would choose an alternative if it were safe cheap and easy .

[Anonymous]

Sorry - "provide amazing, alluring alternatives"

[Anonymous]

How much more accomodating to you need? The roads are mostly owned by cars driven mostly by non-dc residents.