Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

Driving time and driving distance are elastic on DCUM. Sometimes 5 minutes by car is actually 20, other times 60 minutes by car is actually 20, and if I had a nickel for every time I've seen Kensington-to-North-Bethesda described as "across the county" or even "halfway across the county", I'd have a lot of nickels.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

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Rockville Pike is a horrible traffic sewer that is congested about 18 hours a day and worse on weekends. There is no amount of money or amenity that would prompt me to want to go back there voluntarily.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

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Anonymous wrote:Rockville Pike is a horrible traffic sewer that is congested about 18 hours a day and worse on weekends. There is no amount of money or amenity that would prompt me to want to go back there voluntarily.

That's how I felt as well. Until I tried to go to u-line arena.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

No. It’s the beltway. Inside beltway is Bethesda, outside the beltway is Rockville.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

No. It’s the beltway. Inside beltway is Bethesda, outside the beltway is Rockville.

I will never stop thinking it's funny that people get upset about the existence of North Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

No. It’s the beltway. Inside beltway is Bethesda, outside the beltway is Rockville.

I will never stop thinking it's funny that people get upset about the existence of North Bethesda.

And I will never stop thinking it's funny that people pretend that they're in Bethesda because Rockville is considered declasse.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

No. It’s the beltway. Inside beltway is Bethesda, outside the beltway is Rockville.

I will never stop thinking it's funny that people get upset about the existence of North Bethesda.

And I will never stop thinking it's funny that people pretend that they're in Bethesda because Rockville is considered declasse.

Who thinks Rockville is déclassé?

The whole thing about North Bethesda is that it isn't Bethesda. (It's also not Rockville.) Bethesda is Bethesda. Rockville is Rockville. North Bethesda is a different place, which is neither Rockville nor North Bethesda. You can tell it's a different place, by the fact that it has a different name.

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The bike mafia have no idea that this thing was over the second the mayor pushed it to the out years when the city budget is going to be a disaster. They remind me of Jerry McGuire on draft night walking around with a Team Cushman hat. They have no idea the mayor already signed a deal with Bob Sugar.

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Anonymous wrote:The bike mafia have no idea that this thing was over the second the mayor pushed it to the out years when the city budget is going to be a disaster. They remind me of Jerry McGuire on draft night walking around with a Team Cushman hat. They have no idea the mayor already signed a deal with Bob Sugar.

Yep. Bowser played that crowd to help win reelection, saying just the right-enough things to get the GGW endorsement (which was, in typical GGW fashion, stuffed with intellectual dishonesty). The lemmings in the bike crowd are incapable of independent thought, so they simply vote the way GGW tells them to (even if doing so works against their interests; remember, GGW endorsed Trayon White after he outed himself as an anti-Semite and blocker of all bike lanes in Ward 8).

Now she has three-plus more years at the helm, at least, and knows that DC's economic picture is about to get very, very bleak. Cutting bike lanes that will be used mainly by priviliged white people is an easy choice.

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Anonymous wrote:The writing is on the wall. The Connecticut Avenue bike lanes are on life support.
https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/anxious-dc-real-estate-execs-launch-fight-against-bike-lanes-and-city-officials-respond-118547

The mayor would be wise to look to Portland as an example of these progressive policies and bike lanes run amok. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business there. Their beloved REI just announced closure. DC has a very similar vocal progressive demographic that is taking control of government at all levels. They need to be stopped before it’s too late.

Lies again. The Portland REI is closing due to theft, including by a CAR ramming into it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11985749/amp/Outdoor-goods-supplier-REI-closes-Portland-store-overwhelmed-theft.html

Where’s the lie? Is the rising crime and degenerate behavior not an example of progressive policies run amok?

sir, this is a discussion about bike lanes. certainly a bike would not have been able to do the same damage to the REI as the car.

No doubt the car crash was caused by "bike lanes run amok"! Somebody better go warn the REI at Pike + Rose to beware. It's dangerously close to the Old Georgetown bike lanes, you know.

I am sure that REI is more concerned about the gun shots, crime, disorder and lack of parking for customers to do things like easily drop off bicycles for repairs, pick up your freshly relaxed skis or load your brand new kayak. Urbanism is good. Urbanism that has gone too far is not so good.

221 spots in a parking garage in the same building as the REI, with 2 hours for free while shopping at REI, is not enough parking for customers?

https://en.parkopedia.com/parking/garage/rei_ccp_lot_245/97209/portland/?arriving=202304181400&leaving=202304181600

Where do you live? Why do you post about places that you have never been? REI is in a stand-alone building with zero parking spaces. There is a garage across the street, but that doesn’t help with the loading/unloading bulk items problem.

Oh, you weren't referring to the REI in Portland, Oregon, you were referring to the REI at Pike and Rose. The reference to "gun shots, crime, and disorder" made me think you must be referring to the one in Portland, because it certainly doesn't describe the one at Pike and Rose.

Anyway, fortunately the REI at Pike and Rose has a loading zone right in front of the store, so you don't have to worry.

There's an REI in DC too. That one does not have parking. I can't speak to the rest of PP's description because I find the neighborhood it's in to be fine. However, the parking and traffic situation near it is so bad that I drive the extra 15 miles to go to Rockville instead.

Isn't there a public parking garage with 168 spaces next to the Uline Arena building?

There is a public parking garage with a lot of space there! Not sure if it's 168 spaces, but the few times I've driven, I've street-parked with no problem. And for the person who goes 15 miles out of their way to "Rockville", there doesn't seem to be a spot in the District that it is 15 miles farther to go to the REI in North Bethesda.

It's in Rockville. "North Bethesda" is a marketing gimmick.

Sorry, 12+ miles, lol. The point remains, time and hassle not straight line distance is the determining variable, Rockville Pike, a notoriously heavily congested road, is more hassle free to get to.

It's not in Rockville, it's in North Bethesda. The southern boundary of Rockville is at Rollins/Twinbrook Parkway.

Rockville Pike is notoriously congested, or at least used to be notoriously congested, during am and pm peak commuting times, but that's presumably not when you drive all the way to the Pike and Rose REI because it's too hard to drive to the DC REI and park.

If it's on Rockville Pike then it's Rockville. If it's on Wisconsin Ave then it's Bethesda. "North Bethesda" is a marketing term just like "Upper Georgetown".

Rockville Pike is always congested.

Really, everything north of Jones Bridge Road is Rockville? Walter Reed is in Rockville? The Pook's Hill Marriott is in Rockville? Alternatively, it's called Rockville Pike because it goes TO Rockville, not because it's IN Rockville. Just like Old Georgetown Road is not in Old Georgetown, and Frederick Road is not in Frederick.

Rockville Pike is not always congested. In fact, Rockville Pike is usually not congested.

No. It’s the beltway. Inside beltway is Bethesda, outside the beltway is Rockville.

I will never stop thinking it's funny that people get upset about the existence of North Bethesda.

And I will never stop thinking it's funny that people pretend that they're in Bethesda because Rockville is considered declasse.

Who thinks Rockville is déclassé?

The whole thing about North Bethesda is that it isn't Bethesda. (It's also not Rockville.) Bethesda is Bethesda. Rockville is Rockville. North Bethesda is a different place, which is neither Rockville nor North Bethesda. You can tell it's a different place, by the fact that it has a different name.

The reason "North Bethesda" became a place is because people in neighborhoods like the one I grew up in (off Montrose Road) decided their houses would be worth more if they had a North Bethesda mailing address rather than a Rockville one. Until they lobbied the Postal Service to get it changed, that part of 20852 used to be Rockville, even though it's outside the municipal boundaries of Rockville.

For whatever reason, people actually went along with it, and now it's ostensibly a real place. But it's sort of ridiculous.