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Anonymous
Frumin? |
Anonymous
So you support illegal parking? I am happy to park a car in front of your driveway so you can't get in or out. |
Anonymous
In other words, you hate science when it doesn't agree with your sentiments. |
Anonymous
I'd bet dollars to donuts you're on other threads in this forum wailing about the impunity enjoyed by those who engage in illegal behavior in DC. |
Anonymous
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Ironic that the restrauanteur benefits from the permanent closure of the service lane and for the past three years to the tune of 100 extra outdoor seats for his places yet takes this position. I suppose he would raise a stink if the service lane were reopened to cars and he lost those free additional tables? |
Anonymous
Your inability to distinguish between an actual violent criminal and the actions of a hard working furniture mover is why you are in the cult. I have no problem with a mover doing honest back breaking work who parks directly in front of their delivery site to avoid having to carry a couch from around the corner so you can have your own concierge bike lane. Grow up. |
Anonymous
The study you posted was a public relations survey. A survey of a specific area with virtually no commonalitiea to Connecticut Ave. That's not science. |
Anonymous
I'm the one who posted it, and no, it was not a "public relations survey". Also, the issues in the study about the Bloor Street bike lanes are the same ones being raised by opponents (you, for example) of Connecticut Avenue bike lanes. If you think the Bloor Street bike lanes aren't relevant, then don't raise those issues. Just keep banging on about supporting the successful businessperson over the data. STUDY OVERVIEW Using a case-control and pre-post design, over 3,000 visitor and 625 merchant survey responses revealed that 90% of customers to Bloor arrived by foot, bicycle or transit. Data was also collected on Danforth Avenue, a comparable shopping street with no bike lane, so that changes observed on Bloor could be put into context. Between 2015 and 2017, TCAT used four different sources of data to measure economic activity before and after the installation of the bike lane: estimated customer counts from 525 merchant surveys, estimated spending from 3,005 visitor surveys, visit frequency from the visitor surveys, and business vacancy counts from two street level scans. Overall, all four indicators point to increased economic activity on Bloor Street following the installation of the bike lane, despite the removal of 136 on-street parking spots and one traffic lane. Most merchants reported a higher number of customers than before the bike lane’s installation, visitors gave higher estimates of spending and visit frequency, and vacancy rates were stable. The study also examined the travel patterns of customers, both before and after the bike lane’s installation, and found that fewer than 10% drive. Walking remains the most popular travel choice (48%), but cycling almost tripled, growing from 7% to 20%. Over 90% of customers were thus unaffected by the reduced capacity for cars. The daily commutes of merchants, however, were significantly more impacted. Nearly half (49%) of merchants drive to work, meaning they face traffic and parking difficulties that their customers avoid by walking, cycling and taking transit. There was no increase in the number of merchants cycling to work, which, at 6%, remained their least popular travel choice. KEY FINDINGS Customer Counts The number of businesses that reported 100 customers or more per day increased in the study area on both streets. Reported spending increased on Bloor and Danforth at a similar rate. Both before and after the bike lane, customers who arrive by foot or on bike reported higher levels of spending on Bloor Street compared to those arriving by car or transit. On both streets, locals (those living or working in the area) were 2.6 times more likely than those coming from further away to spend more than $100 per month. Customer Frequency and Vacancy Rates After accounting for other contributing factors such as age, gender and proximity, visitors reported coming to Bloor three days more per month after the bike lane was installed, while on Danforth visit frequency was unchanged. People who arrived on foot or on bike visited Bloor the most often, and people who drove or took transit visited nearly four days less per month. Vacancy rates held steady at 6% in Bloor Annex and Korea Town. On Danforth, they declined from 10% to 7%. Shifts in Travel Patterns and Parking The percentage of customers cycling to Bloor nearly tripled (from 7% to 20%), a substantially higher increase than on Danforth Avenue, which has no bike lane. Walking remained the most popular travel choice, used by nearly half (48%) of visitors on Bloor, and driving is now the least (10%). Merchants on Bloor Street preferred to drive (49%) and there was no increase in cycling, which remained the least preferred travel choice (6%). The majority of merchants believed that at least 25% of their customers are driving to Bloor; however fewer than 10% of customers reported arriving by car. Parking difficulty increased on both streets for visitors who drove, growing by four times on Bloor (from 8% to 33%) and nearly doubling on Danforth (from 14% to 25%), though this street did not have any on-street parking removed. When looking at all visitors, the percentage who needed to find car parking and experienced difficulty remained small: 3% of all visitors on Bloor and 4% on Danforth. Perceptions of Safety and Feedback on Bike Lane After the installation of the bike lane, the proportion of visitors who perceived Bloor Street as safe for cycling more than tripled (from 17% to 61%), and doubled among merchants (from 13% to 27%), while perceptions of safety on Danforth dropped (22% to 10%). The percentage of women who reported they now feel safe cycling on Bloor increased significantly more than men, from 12% to 58%. The majority of visitors (86%) and merchants (90%) provided feedback in response to an open-ended question soliciting thoughts or comments about the bike lane. While visitor comments were generally positive, the most common feedback related to the bike lane’s configuration and safety. Merchants raised more concerns than visitors, especially over impacts to business, but safety, parking, and traffic were also important issues. |
Anonymous
| Mayor Bowser has told DDOT that she has major problems with proposed Option C (Connecticut Ave bike lanes) and wants them to go back to the drawing board. This is why activist bike bros and WABA lobbyists are freaking out on social media. |
Anonymous
You've achieved three things here: (1) confirmed that you are indeed exactly who we thought you were; (2) demonstrated that you are perfectly capable of constructing a straw man to service a very silly point; and (3) exhibited a lack of understanding of the 'broken windows' theory of policing. |
Anonymous
And we should take your word on this why? |
Anonymous
The person who cursed out parents in front of an elementary school, whose first name starts with N? |
Anonymous
Social sciences are not real sciences. Sorry. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Plenty of social science is published in hard science journals and a lot of social science is more rigorous than so-called hard science. You have no idea what you are talking about. |