Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

I completely agree with you that London has better transportation infrastructure than D.C. does. And I've biked around all of central London and some of Zone 2, and I wish D.C. had bike infrastructure as good as London's. I'm just saying, it's not broadly true that London has more bikes than cars on the road.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

How about the urine knives guns and crazies?

[Anonymous]

You’ll have to prey my wheel out of my hands. Because you’re so dirty

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

How about the urine knives guns and crazies?

Plenty of urine, knives, and crazies on the London Underground and the night buses. Not many guns, but that’s a matter of national policy, not local zoning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

How about the urine knives guns and crazies?

Plenty of urine, knives, and crazies on the London Underground and the night buses. Not many guns, but that’s a matter of national policy, not local zoning.

Wrong. When did you live there?

[Anonymous]

Based on some recent hysterical-sounding Tweets from folks in the bike and Smart Growth lobbies, it seems that Bowser is asking DDOT to rethink "Option C" for Connecticut Ave bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on some recent hysterical-sounding Tweets from folks in the bike and Smart Growth lobbies, it seems that Bowser is asking DDOT to rethink "Option C" for Connecticut Ave bike lanes.

How about sharing them so we can evaluate for ourselves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

How about the urine knives guns and crazies?

Plenty of urine, knives, and crazies on the London Underground and the night buses. Not many guns, but that’s a matter of national policy, not local zoning.

DC is much worse. London meanwhile is good and getting better, instead of DC violence interrupters, they’re introducing hot spot policing with short and sharp sentencing. For example, on the spot drug tests, tents, littering, begging etc. paradise from my vantage point. DC Council made me think like that.

Public drug use, fly-tipping and low-level crimes such as graffiti are to be targeted with a strategy of “hotspot” policing and “short and sharp” punishments under plans for a crackdown on antisocial behaviour to be announced next week.
To address growing public concern about a proliferation in nuisance crime, ministers will unveil “tougher” enforcement powers that could mean those caught vandalising property are forced to repair it.
Police could be given powers to carry out on-the-spot drug tests on the street for the first time under plans that will be consulted on over the next few months. There will also be new laws to crack down on nuisance begging, including a ban on asking for money at cash dispensers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Traffic calming on major thoroughfares is a mind boggling idea. The end game is London and similar where now there are more bikes than motorists on the road. But for that you need a functioning, efficient and safe metro and bus system which we do not have by a long stretch.

There are not more bikes than motorists on the road in most of London. In the City of London, yes, but that's a very small, very gridlocked, very discrete part of town.

A 1 square mile part of town with 7 subway stations, 4 light rail stations and multiple heavy rail stations within its borders. Not only that but the subway runs every 10 minutes and has a fare structure that makes regular short trip uses viable.

How many times bigger than DC?

The DC equivalent area downtown has 7 metro lines and multiple buses, plus good bike infrastructure now. True you have to go a bit further for regional rail - that’s a weak spot for DC.

How about the urine knives guns and crazies?

Plenty of urine, knives, and crazies on the London Underground and the night buses. Not many guns, but that’s a matter of national policy, not local zoning.

DC is much worse. London meanwhile is good and getting better, instead of DC violence interrupters, they’re introducing hot spot policing with short and sharp sentencing. For example, on the spot drug tests, tents, littering, begging etc. paradise from my vantage point. DC Council made me think like that.

Public drug use, fly-tipping and low-level crimes such as graffiti are to be targeted with a strategy of “hotspot” policing and “short and sharp” punishments under plans for a crackdown on antisocial behaviour to be announced next week.
To address growing public concern about a proliferation in nuisance crime, ministers will unveil “tougher” enforcement powers that could mean those caught vandalising property are forced to repair it.
Police could be given powers to carry out on-the-spot drug tests on the street for the first time under plans that will be consulted on over the next few months. There will also be new laws to crack down on nuisance begging, including a ban on asking for money at cash dispensers.

Almost no gun crimes in London, which is a vast improvement over any American city (and which has nothing to do with local policing decisions at all but rather national policy).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on some recent hysterical-sounding Tweets from folks in the bike and Smart Growth lobbies, it seems that Bowser is asking DDOT to rethink "Option C" for Connecticut Ave bike lanes.

I would hope so. It's not popular and there's no demand while at the same time there's a budget shortfall and public transport service is being cut back. What a waste of time, money and resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on some recent hysterical-sounding Tweets from folks in the bike and Smart Growth lobbies, it seems that Bowser is asking DDOT to rethink "Option C" for Connecticut Ave bike lanes.

I would hope so. It's not popular and there's no demand while at the same time there's a budget shortfall and public transport service is being cut back. What a waste of time, money and resources.

The bike crowd is hysterical and so easily triggered. One Hall of Fame tweet storm came recently when they were set off because they thought a few sections of repaired sidewalk in front of the Uptown didn’t match the surrounding sections. Someone had to tell them that the concrete is still wet! Tell me you’ve never worked a day in your life without telling me.

[Anonymous]

The person who tweeted about the newly poured concrete is not part of the bike advocacy community, though clearly supports those reforms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The person who tweeted about the newly poured concrete is not part of the bike advocacy community, though clearly supports those reforms.

Of course