New bike lane on Old Georgetown Rd in Bethesda

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Anonymous wrote:That poster who keeps insisting no one would use OGR to get from Wyngate to WJ is so weird. I live in the Wyngate neighborhood right off OGR and we definitely use OGR most times. Fernwood is pretty far from us. I don’t think this really has much bearing on the bike lane question—my kids won’t take their bikes to HS because it’s easier to just take the J2 which runs every 8-10 minutes and goes right to WJ. But that person who keeps insisting that anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows you only take fernwood is so weird! I’m really curious which of my neighbors it is!
The bikes lanes are convenient for my kids going to the library or chipotle though. I’m not sure of the wisdom of bringing them up north of democracy and past the I-270 spur. That’s a less residential area and the interface with the highway is not great. I guess it’s for the pike and rose residents?

Your kids take the J2 instead of the school bus like everyone else? Clearly you live in DC. In Montgomery County we have school buses. The constant posters lying is getting really obnoxious.

I really do live in Wyngate! We were there for the Ms leister years and the mr Wiebe years, if that proves it to you. I can even name a bunch of the old teachers if that proves it to you. Yes, kids take the school bus assuming they don’t miss it . But the J2 is a better alternative than the bike, as then they’d have to lock the bike, ride it home, be sweaty for first period, etc. but the bikes lanes are great for going to the Davis library, chipotle, Sarah’s etc., or the friends houses. I just am really mystified why someone is so invested in saying I’m a troll that doesn’t live here just because I keep saying that fernwood is not a convenient route for all Wyngate families. Fernwood is the western boundary for the Wyngate cache so only convenient for the folks over on marywood, friars etc. I am so curious who you are! At least give me a hint and tell what what years your kids graduated Wyngate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

[Anonymous]

Everyone should enjoy these bike lanes because it’s going to be a while before politicians support another project like this one. It wasn’t a couple minutes of delays. No one would have objected to that. Coming from Pike and Rose, people’s commutes doubled. That’s not what was promised.

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I wonder what the daily count of users is on the bike lane.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder what the daily count of users is on the bike lane.

Less than 10 each way during the week but may be a tplot more during the weekend.
How many cars travel on OGR every day?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder what the daily count of users is on the bike lane.

Less than 10 each way during the week but may be a tplot more during the weekend.
How many cars travel on OGR every day?

"Less than 10" based on what? Just some imaginary number you pulled out of your butt? Based on "anecdotal evidence" of a few minutes of a flyby commute, which doesn't even remotely accurately reflect reality?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

Stop being such a disingenuous liar. The pedestrian was hit by a Ride On bus at Battery Lane because the buses have poor visibility. You either don’t know where the bike lanes are and don’t care or you don’t know and just like to constantly lie about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

Stop being such a disingenuous liar. The pedestrian was hit by a Ride On bus at Battery Lane because the buses have poor visibility. You either don’t know where the bike lanes are and don’t care or you don’t know and just like to constantly lie about it.

What the heck, PP. Who are you and why do you keep insisting that everyone is lying?
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i-miss-her-sister-mourns-woman-hit-and-killed-while-crossing-bethesda-road/167507/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

Stop being such a disingenuous liar. The pedestrian was hit by a Ride On bus at Battery Lane because the buses have poor visibility. You either don’t know where the bike lanes are and don’t care or you don’t know and just like to constantly lie about it.

What the heck, PP. Who are you and why do you keep insisting that everyone is lying?
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i-miss-her-sister-mourns-woman-hit-and-killed-while-crossing-bethesda-road/167507/

^^^"Dona Cicy H. Amarasekara, 74, had left her job as a nanny Thursday night and was walking across northbound Old Georgetown Road at Kingswood Road when a Jeep Cherokee hit her."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

What's going on with the traffic is a lot more than a 7 minute difference in travel time. Traffic is backing up on the onramp from 270 and causing backups all the way to the beltway. Is this acceptable? Of course not. This is just one issue of many.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

What's going on with the traffic is a lot more than a 7 minute difference in travel time. Traffic is backing up on the onramp from 270 and causing backups all the way to the beltway. Is this acceptable? Of course not. This is just one issue of many.

Road deaths are acceptable, though?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, will all of the Lance Armstrong wannabes use the bike lanes? I have a feeling they would still prefer to be in traffic.

The bike lanes are not for the "Lance Armstrong wannabes," they're for people who just want to get where they're going, on a bike or on foot, without risking their lives.

Unfortunately in this particular case it seems that the solution might be even less safe for everyone involved because of its poor implementation.

Less safe than 2 dead teenage bicyclists, 1 dead pedestrian going to a bus stop, and multiple critically injured bicyclists in 3 years? "I almost got into a fender bender the other day!"? "It took me 15 minutes instead of 8!"? Those are inconvenience problems, not safety problems.

What's going on with the traffic is a lot more than a 7 minute difference in travel time. Traffic is backing up on the onramp from 270 and causing backups all the way to the beltway. Is this acceptable? Of course not. This is just one issue of many.

Road deaths are acceptable, though?

They seem to be perfectly acceptable whenever a developer wants to build car-oriented housing less than a quarter mile from transit so I’m not sure we should use a different standard here.