The Ward 3 rep used all his political capital for two years on Connecticut Ave bike lanes that only a handful of people wanted. Meanwhile, the city has packed the very same corridor with homeless and drug addicts. The misplaced priorities of our elected officials is breathtaking. |
It shows how little support WABA actually has. If the government didn't write it big checks, the group would have folded a long time ago. |
Seems like a good thing. The DC government is doing what voters want, for once. |
Negative. They are doing what one broke ass CRE developer who lives in the Palisades wants. The same dude who killed the declaria and k st.projects, who obviously has some serious dirt on someone(s) in this administration. |
Sorry the facts hurt your feelings: https://contracts.ocp.dc.gov/contracts/details?id=Q1c3NTQ3MsKmQmFzZSBQZXJpb2Q%3D&hash=idxlwolcp2ecbwde https://contracts.ocp.dc.gov/contracts/attachments/Q1c3NTQ3MsKmQmFzZSBQZXJpb2TCpnszRTM4NkU4Qy1BRDQ3LTQ1MUMtQTlBNC05Qzk0OEI3MEY3ODF9 There is absolutely no denying that WABA receives most of its funding from the DC government, most of it for the salaries of its officials. |
My prediction is that the city will hugely slow or even stop bike-lane construction while Trump is in office. As the story notes, his administration has come out against them, and the city needs to pick its battles. This is one that's not worth fighting. Trump is so petty that he will use bike lanes as an excuse to do something stupid to DC. |
The city is going to stop building bike lanes that the public didnt ask for, doesnt want and doesnt use? What a radical idea! |
There's a bike lane near me that they put in almost decade ago that I'm fairly certain has never been used by a single person. |
You should thank your lucky stars you’re in DC or Arlington, where at least the transportation planners aren’t completely incompetent. The Montgomery County planners must be huffing paint thinner when they created a bike lane on Old Georgetown Road that literally no one uses and takes cyclists across on and off ramps to 270 and 495. I have never in my life seen such a poorly planned, unsafe, and unused bike lane. And this is coming from an avid cyclist who is happy with most of the bike lanes in DC and Arlington. |
I do to. |
A self-centered, misinformed, delusional car-brain? Well I never! |
Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking. |
The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use. Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either. |
We've had bike lanes in this city for decades. If there was even a shred of evidence that bikes reduce driving, the city would be pointing to it at every opportunity. It's not and that silence tells you everything you need to know. |
I am not in favor of reducing public transit use. Can we force cyclists to use the bus? The busses have bike racks, so you can take your bike with you. |