Thanks to the bike party organizers!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

Bicyclists are a menace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

Multiple cyclists riding abreast and impeding traffic is illegal

"Persons riding upon a roadway shall not ride more
than two abreast except on paths or part of roadways
set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons
riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned
roadway, shall ride within a single lane."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

The city should not condone events designed to create road rage. Someone is going to get hurt one of these things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate bicyclists because I can never predict what they’re going to do. Are they following car rules? Are they following pedestrian rules? Are they following presidential motorcade rules? It could be anything! And if I guess wrong, I could smoosh them. Approaching a 4 way stop at the same time as a cyclist is impossible.

It's quite possible, and I've done it many times, both while driving and while riding a bicycle. Here is how to do it when you're driving:

1. Slow down while approaching the stop sign.
**2. Come to a complete stop behind the stop line.**
3. Look around.
4. Proceed when it's safe to go.

Unfortunately you've lost drivers at this point.

For all their blustering about how cyclists never stop at stop signs, they conveniently overlook the fact that drivers never do either as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands of stop sign camera violations every year. But of course when drivers roll through a stop sign and get a ticket for it they scream and shout that it's "unfair" and "unreasonable" to expect them to come to a complete stop every time.

There's no bigger group of whiny, entitled, hypocritical, snowflakes than drivers.

[Anonymous]

It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Which is, once again, the reason we advocate so fiercely for dedicated bike lanes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Which is, once again, the reason we advocate so fiercely for dedicated bike lanes

Your game plan to get more bike lanes is to piss off drivers so much they want to run you over? Good luck with that. Pretty sure that's the worst advocacy campaign I've ever heard of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like a spectacularly bad idea for people on bikes to *try* to piss off people in cars. They're going to cross the wrong person, and end up with a SUV parked on their chest.

Which is, once again, the reason we advocate so fiercely for dedicated bike lanes

Your game plan to get more bike lanes is to piss off drivers so much they want to run you over? Good luck with that. Pretty sure that's the worst advocacy campaign I've ever heard of.

No, my point is that we deserve to ride safely and if drivers are unable to regulate their emotions in a manner that allows them to drive safely, then we need support from the government to provide part of the shared road space for bikers.
Based on what your saying, it doesn't seem like you are okay with bikers being anywhere, so I'm not sure you'd be who I look to for advice on a biking advocacy campaign

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

Yeesh.

[Anonymous]

Interesting how the Bike Bros think it's great to stage a group slowdown on Connecticut Avenue. But when people are with their little kids or senior citizens are out for a walk on the Capital Crescent Trail, the Bike Bros basically force pedestrians to the side of the trail, lest they slow down their Tour de Lycra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting how the Bike Bros think it's great to stage a group slowdown on Connecticut Avenue. But when people are with their little kids or senior citizens are out for a walk on the Capital Crescent Trail, the Bike Bros basically force pedestrians to the side of the trail, lest they slow down their Tour de Lycra.

Why are you just copying and pasting your same nonsense from the other thread?

[Anonymous]

Pretty dumb move to coordinate blocking traffic during rush hour.

Solid example of how not to win friends and influence people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It’s like the climate protestors who block traffic or the pro-Palestinian protestors who block traffic. They aren’t looking to persuade people or get support. They are simply seeking to protest.

Except no one was blocking the road. They were riding on it, as afforded under the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It looked like a lot of fun unless you needed to use on of the major arteries in the city to get somewhere

This. They were all over the road and going pretty slow.

And yet, nothing they did was illegal. If you don't want this all the time, support bike lanes.

It was a one-off. There is nothing to worry about because it's not even going to happen again occasionally let alone regularly or even more absurdly all the time. Less than 100 people regularly bike on Connecticut.

100 young, unmarried cyclists who live downtown rode Uptown at night and left trash all over our park. Most of the people who actually live along the corridor were inside helping their kids with homework or at their kid’s baseball games.

You have no idea the composition of the people who were there, clearly, by your description.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire event is designed to antagonize drivers. There is no other point to a large group of cyclists riding slowing down a major artery when tens of thousands of people are just trying to get home to their families. People can't even use the intersections when they have the green light. It's really obnoxious. It's terrible PR for cyclists.

It is a group of people riding from one area to another. There is nothing they are doing that is illegal. If you are taking that as antagonizing, that is on you. That isn't their goal. Just like you are driving from one place to another, they are riding from one place to another. If you feel they are blocking traffic (they are traffic too) then you should support a bike lane so they won't block your way in a car.

I support obeying the law when on the roads.

This was 1000% done to antagonize everyone else. The 0.00001% played.

What was against the law? People were on bikes, on the road. That isn't against the law. They didn't stop and block cars behind them, or anything else illegal.