usage data for arizona ave bike lane

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:is there a way to get the city council to remove this, or can residents just band together and remove all the poles one weekend afternoon? dc doesnt arrest people for shoplifting or other crimes, why would they arrest people for taking their streets back?

Or maybe DC residents can deal with the clear and present threat to their lives and lay down spike strips in front of speeding vehicles and defend themselves with bricks against vehicles running red lights? There is no place in the country where drivers have so gotten so out of control than in DC.

NARRATOR: There was a grand total of *nine* Washingtonians killed by speeding drivers in the most recent year for which data is available. The daytime population of DC is one million people.

I’ve read dozens of similarly false claims made by you and yet still can’t figure out if you are knowingly repeating false information - and therefore are a liar - or whether you are just too stupid to understand basic concepts about vehicular crashes and investigations thereof. One day I hope to encounter you in person so that I can learn more about you and make a definitive determination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just drove it yesterday and were commenting on taking up the road with a two way bike lane with no bikes. The white barrier poles make the turn from Loughboro difficult with cars coming the other way.

We’re having one of the coldest Februarys in years. It’s hardly surprising that many people who would bike are finding other ways to get around at the moment.

But we are constantly told by by the bike bros that they ride in all weather, which is why we need the bike lanes. Which is it? At least be consistent with your arguments.

And DC never releases statistics for things that are failing, which is why you will *never* see statistics about the use of this bike lane (or, in this case, the non-use of this bike lane, which is empty 99.9 percent of the time).

We are very interested in the fictional characters that you manufacture to make you feel like you have better arguments than you do. But otherwise we are sorry that you don’t have real people to talk to.

[Anonymous]

Just made my commute on AZ- no bikers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:is there a way to get the city council to remove this, or can residents just band together and remove all the poles one weekend afternoon? dc doesnt arrest people for shoplifting or other crimes, why would they arrest people for taking their streets back?

Or maybe DC residents can deal with the clear and present threat to their lives and lay down spike strips in front of speeding vehicles and defend themselves with bricks against vehicles running red lights? There is no place in the country where drivers have so gotten so out of control than in DC.

NARRATOR: There was a grand total of *nine* Washingtonians killed by speeding drivers in the most recent year for which data is available. The daytime population of DC is one million people.

I’ve read dozens of similarly false claims made by you and yet still can’t figure out if you are knowingly repeating false information - and therefore are a liar - or whether you are just too stupid to understand basic concepts about vehicular crashes and investigations thereof. One day I hope to encounter you in person so that I can learn more about you and make a definitive determination.

It's the government's data. You can look it up. Your absurd bullshit is belied by *all* of the available information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:is there a way to get the city council to remove this, or can residents just band together and remove all the poles one weekend afternoon? dc doesnt arrest people for shoplifting or other crimes, why would they arrest people for taking their streets back?

Or maybe DC residents can deal with the clear and present threat to their lives and lay down spike strips in front of speeding vehicles and defend themselves with bricks against vehicles running red lights? There is no place in the country where drivers have so gotten so out of control than in DC.

NARRATOR: There was a grand total of *nine* Washingtonians killed by speeding drivers in the most recent year for which data is available. The daytime population of DC is one million people.

I’ve read dozens of similarly false claims made by you and yet still can’t figure out if you are knowingly repeating false information - and therefore are a liar - or whether you are just too stupid to understand basic concepts about vehicular crashes and investigations thereof. One day I hope to encounter you in person so that I can learn more about you and make a definitive determination.

It's the government's data. You can look it up. Your absurd bullshit is belied by *all* of the available information.

I have fully reviewed the source that you think supports your claim. It does not. As noted, you are either a liar or an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just drove it yesterday and were commenting on taking up the road with a two way bike lane with no bikes. The white barrier poles make the turn from Loughboro difficult with cars coming the other way.

We’re having one of the coldest Februarys in years. It’s hardly surprising that many people who would bike are finding other ways to get around at the moment.

The number of bicyclists in DC has been shrinking for years. The League of American Bicyclists tracks biking in various cities. It says the number of Washingtonians riding bikes is down 28 percent since 2017.

The population is aging as well. There might be a correlation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:is there a way to get the city council to remove this, or can residents just band together and remove all the poles one weekend afternoon? dc doesnt arrest people for shoplifting or other crimes, why would they arrest people for taking their streets back?

Or maybe DC residents can deal with the clear and present threat to their lives and lay down spike strips in front of speeding vehicles and defend themselves with bricks against vehicles running red lights? There is no place in the country where drivers have so gotten so out of control than in DC.

NARRATOR: There was a grand total of *nine* Washingtonians killed by speeding drivers in the most recent year for which data is available. The daytime population of DC is one million people.

I’ve read dozens of similarly false claims made by you and yet still can’t figure out if you are knowingly repeating false information - and therefore are a liar - or whether you are just too stupid to understand basic concepts about vehicular crashes and investigations thereof. One day I hope to encounter you in person so that I can learn more about you and make a definitive determination.

It's the government's data. You can look it up. Your absurd bullshit is belied by *all* of the available information.

I have fully reviewed the source that you think supports your claim. It does not. As noted, you are either a liar or an idiot.

Stop projecting. The data is very clear and comes from MPD. You come across as a wannabe Trump with your absurdities.

[Anonymous]

so what is the process to try to get this bike lan undone? any cost-benefit analysis will show massive costs to the neighborhood and commuters against tiny benefits for the 3-4 cyclists a day who use it

[Anonymous]

Retrofitting Arizona for bicycle use is going to cause accidents on that street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so what is the process to try to get this bike lan undone? any cost-benefit analysis will show massive costs to the neighborhood and commuters against tiny benefits for the 3-4 cyclists a day who use it

You have to start by knowing what the current reasoning is.

Bike lanes are no longer about "traffic equity", "micromobility", "induced demand", the environment or any arguments along those lines. DDOT no longer pretends that people use them.

Bike lanes are now considered a side benefit of "safety". The point of which is to reduce and shrink the width of travel lanes in order to increase congestion and thereby reduce speeding.

[Anonymous]

TLDR of this thread is that DC drivers are lazy, bad and entitled.

[Anonymous]

Latest news is that Trump is cancelling all the bicycle lanes in the District.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Retrofitting Arizona for bicycle use is going to cause accidents on that street.

Why? That makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen a biker. I bet the people on MacArthur are pissed With all the backed up traffic though.

There was no change in the carrying capacity of the road.

Hardly anyone parked on Arizona before and that is still the case because every single house on both sides of the street has off street parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen a biker. I bet the people on MacArthur are pissed With all the backed up traffic though.

There was no change in the carrying capacity of the road.

Hardly anyone parked on Arizona before and that is still the case because every single house on both sides of the street has off street parking.

you obviously do not live in the neighborhood and do not know anyone who lives on arizona ave or the surrounding streets