How can we make DC streets bicycle and pedestrian-only?

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Anonymous wrote:Since we're dreaming up nonsense, I propose water slides. Not only would they be multifunctional by providing irrigation and supporting local fisheries they would also be multiseasonal by doubling as ice tracks in the winter. Plus they'd be fun and non-ableist.

This is an excellent idea. DC gives billions to cars, hundred of millions to bikes and zero to water slides. It’s only fair for the city to allocate just a small portion of those resources to water slides.

But me and my four friends are really into pogo sticks.

I don’t want to ride the subway or the bus or walk or ride a bike.

You need to spend billions of dollars building up an entirely separate transportation infrastructure to accommodate my preferred way of getting around.

Yes. It’s only fair that the city also provide safe transportation infrastructure for pogo stick users. Because studies show that the only reason why more people don’t use pogo sticks for transportation is because of perception of safety. So the city absolutely needs to invest in a network of padded pogo stick lanes. Only way to achieve climate goals and vision zero.

Bowser exemplifies the “vision zero” part all by herself.

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Even if you achieve your lofty goal, it will all be for not as criminals will simply move from carjacking to bike jacking and muggings.

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Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you achieve your lofty goal, it will all be for not as criminals will simply move from carjacking to bike jacking and muggings.

Can't hijak someone on a water slide/luge!

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you achieve your lofty goal, it will all be for not as criminals will simply move from carjacking to bike jacking and muggings.

Wasn't there a guy on Capitol Hill in the 90s stabbing or mugging people on bikes? I seem to recall a period where my housemates and I would not use our bikes because of this guy.

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Exactly. It kills me how many “ban the cars” people in my neighborhood are also avid users of Uber and DoorDash and Instacart. They are so proud they bike to work, but the rest of the time, they are still using the cars they hate, but think they are somehow superior because they don’t own them.

An audacious and idiotic accusation. I'm a "Ban the Cars" person and I have never used Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc, because I make dinner myself.

You, on the other hand, are a lazy typical driver melting the planet so you can live in your rigged and unsustainable suburban home segregated from society's ills and still be able to drive five minutes to get coffee.

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Exactly. It kills me how many “ban the cars” people in my neighborhood are also avid users of Uber and DoorDash and Instacart. They are so proud they bike to work, but the rest of the time, they are still using the cars they hate, but think they are somehow superior because they don’t own them.

An audacious and idiotic accusation. I'm a "Ban the Cars" person and I have never used Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc, because I make dinner myself.

You, on the other hand, are a lazy typical driver melting the planet so you can live in your rigged and unsustainable suburban home segregated from society's ills and still be able to drive five minutes to get coffee.

I know right. How dare people suggest we’re some kind of hypocrite when we’re really just extremists.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

Only in the downtown business district is it actually illegal. Where are they supposed to ride? In the road? People like you called for speed caps at 10mph. Riding a scooter at 10mph in the road with cars going 25-40mph more than you is way more dangerous than riding on a side walk.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

Only in the downtown business district is it actually illegal. Where are they supposed to ride? In the road? People like you called for speed caps at 10mph. Riding a scooter at 10mph in the road with cars going 25-40mph more than you is way more dangerous than riding on a side walk.

We don't care if you get killed. Stay off the sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

Only in the downtown business district is it actually illegal. Where are they supposed to ride? In the road? People like you called for speed caps at 10mph. Riding a scooter at 10mph in the road with cars going 25-40mph more than you is way more dangerous than riding on a side walk.

We don't care if you get killed. Stay off the sidewalks.

If you want scooters off the sidewalk then you should support provide scooters users with safe, protected infrastructure. What do you have against scooters? Are you a scooter bigot?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

Only in the downtown business district is it actually illegal. Where are they supposed to ride? In the road? People like you called for speed caps at 10mph. Riding a scooter at 10mph in the road with cars going 25-40mph more than you is way more dangerous than riding on a side walk.

We don't care if you get killed. Stay off the sidewalks.

If you want scooters off the sidewalk then you should support provide scooters users with safe, protected infrastructure. What do you have against scooters? Are you a scooter bigot?

Are motorized scooters legal on sidewalks ?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does DC provide scooters and e-bikes to Section 8 residents?

DC has created an e-bike subsidy that includes an income-based criteria. Not sure why they excluded scooters, which is not fair to the large scooter riding community.

Someone should tell the “scooter riding community” to stay the hell off the sidewalks! It’s dangerous for pedestrians — and illegal — to operate scooters there.

Only in the downtown business district is it actually illegal. Where are they supposed to ride? In the road? People like you called for speed caps at 10mph. Riding a scooter at 10mph in the road with cars going 25-40mph more than you is way more dangerous than riding on a side walk.

We don't care if you get killed. Stay off the sidewalks.

If you want scooters off the sidewalk then you should support provide scooters users with safe, protected infrastructure. What do you have against scooters? Are you a scooter bigot?

Let’s just get rid of the friggin things like some other cities are doing.

[Anonymous]

Scooters are awful. I’ve seen them drive perfectly sane people mad.