Connecticut Avenue bike lane officially dead

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

It's absolutely true that there are very few cyclists who use Connecticut - BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES! The only way to increase cycling is to make cycling safe. In the Netherlands, there is a great cycling infrastructure and cycling is widespread.

Of course, DC is not going to turn into the Netherlands, you say, because we're a car culture. True. As was Netherlands in 1971, when more than 400 children were killed in traffic accidents. It took a lot of work and many years to build safe cities there, as it will here. We should start now.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord

Then move to the Netherlands. And when you're too feeble to ride your bike anymore you can ask the government to euthanize you.

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Or just move downtown where there are plenty of bike lanes and stop trying to screw up livable family neighborhoods.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

You love to make this about “suburban commuters” but plenty of people who live in the affected neighborhoods oppose adding bike lanes for a multitude of reasons.

I can make things too. But I won’t. In the real world, those neighborhoods elected ANC reps and a Councilmember that overwhelmingly supported the bike lanes. Proposal C, unlike the mayor’s diktat, was the product of a lengthy process of community consultation.

No one elects ANC reps. They just get 25 signatures and they get on the ballot unopposed. Stick to solving overflowing trash cans.

Ease up on the tailpipe bro, the fumes are getting to you

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

You love to make this about “suburban commuters” but plenty of people who live in the affected neighborhoods oppose adding bike lanes for a multitude of reasons.

I can make things too. But I won’t. In the real world, those neighborhoods elected ANC reps and a Councilmember that overwhelmingly supported the bike lanes. Proposal C, unlike the mayor’s diktat, was the product of a lengthy process of community consultation.

No one elects ANC reps. They just get 25 signatures and they get on the ballot unopposed. Stick to solving overflowing trash cans.

Ease up on the tailpipe bro, the fumes are getting to you

I love the prior ANCs who list “former ANC Commissioner” on their Twitter handles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

It's absolutely true that there are very few cyclists who use Connecticut - BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES! The only way to increase cycling is to make cycling safe. In the Netherlands, there is a great cycling infrastructure and cycling is widespread.

Of course, DC is not going to turn into the Netherlands, you say, because we're a car culture. True. As was Netherlands in 1971, when more than 400 children were killed in traffic accidents. It took a lot of work and many years to build safe cities there, as it will here. We should start now.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/05/amsterdam-bicycle-capital-world-transport-cycling-kindermoord

Then move to the Netherlands. And when you're too feeble to ride your bike anymore you can ask the government to euthanize you.

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Or just move downtown where there are plenty of bike lanes and stop trying to screw up livable family neighborhoods.

What? I live in a “family neighborhood” (or at least that’s what I think you have in mind) and bike lanes are essential to protecting my children when they travel back and forth to school and activities. This is their only way to get around because they can’t drive, the bus network is pathetic, their parents are not privileged enough to have the time or the money to drive them around everywhere, and the notion of them taking rides when random strangers driving ride-shares doesn’t really appeal. How would you like them to get around? Or would you prefer them to just sit at home and pick up apart your obnoxiously idiotic claims?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

You love to make this about “suburban commuters” but plenty of people who live in the affected neighborhoods oppose adding bike lanes for a multitude of reasons.

I can make things too. But I won’t. In the real world, those neighborhoods elected ANC reps and a Councilmember that overwhelmingly supported the bike lanes. Proposal C, unlike the mayor’s diktat, was the product of a lengthy process of community consultation.

No one elects ANC reps. They just get 25 signatures and they get on the ballot unopposed. Stick to solving overflowing trash cans.

Ease up on the tailpipe bro, the fumes are getting to you

I love the prior ANCs who list “former ANC Commissioner” on their Twitter handles.

I love the "former/alumni of/ex" trend, period. Ex-McKinsey, former ANC Commissioner, Harvard alum, etc. Move on and get some new accomplishments, wow.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

You love to make this about “suburban commuters” but plenty of people who live in the affected neighborhoods oppose adding bike lanes for a multitude of reasons.

I can make things too. But I won’t. In the real world, those neighborhoods elected ANC reps and a Councilmember that overwhelmingly supported the bike lanes. Proposal C, unlike the mayor’s diktat, was the product of a lengthy process of community consultation.

No one elects ANC reps. They just get 25 signatures and they get on the ballot unopposed. Stick to solving overflowing trash cans.

Ease up on the tailpipe bro, the fumes are getting to you

I love the prior ANCs who list “former ANC Commissioner” on their Twitter handles.

I love the "former/alumni of/ex" trend, period. Ex-McKinsey, former ANC Commissioner, Harvard alum, etc. Move on and get some new accomplishments, wow.

What about USMC (ret.)? Got a problem with that?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone currently biking on Conn Ave today is not a typical cyclist. I've been biking nearly daily in DC for decades and am still terrified whenever I have to take Conn. The vast majority of cyclists are too scared to bike there. When there are bike lanes - which will apparently not be anytime soon - there will be many more people able to bike that way.

Bike lanes on Conn Ave are the ultimate in entitlement. Inconveniencing and slowing down traffic for tens of thousands for the benefit of a few hundred.

Imagine spending tens of thousands of dollars - and in the process emitting noxious chemicals that make life worse on the planet, endangering all manner of other road users, and consuming a vast array of public subsidies - on a commute that you could do for free on a bicycle or a few dollars on WMATA and then claiming others are entitled . . .

Your complete and utter lack of self-awareness is absolutely hysterical.

And your assumption that “everyone can and should bike or take WMATA” isn’t?

What a cute edge case. DC could build bike lanes until the cows come home and still have more than enough roads to accommodate the small proportion of suburban commuters who are physically unable to ride a bike, take WMATA, or carpool.

You love to make this about “suburban commuters” but plenty of people who live in the affected neighborhoods oppose adding bike lanes for a multitude of reasons.

I can make things too. But I won’t. In the real world, those neighborhoods elected ANC reps and a Councilmember that overwhelmingly supported the bike lanes. Proposal C, unlike the mayor’s diktat, was the product of a lengthy process of community consultation.

No one elects ANC reps. They just get 25 signatures and they get on the ballot unopposed. Stick to solving overflowing trash cans.

Ease up on the tailpipe bro, the fumes are getting to you

I love the prior ANCs who list “former ANC Commissioner” on their Twitter handles.

I love the "former/alumni of/ex" trend, period. Ex-McKinsey, former ANC Commissioner, Harvard alum, etc. Move on and get some new accomplishments, wow.

“Former Condominium Board Secretary”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DDOT director announces that the city will not be moving forward with the Connecticut Avenue bike lane:

https://twitter.com/AdamTuss/status/1778454503852757451

I am Jack's raging bile duct.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Though it does appear to be a pyrrhic victory for commuters - both sides of Connecticut will be available for parking 24/7, with bump outs for traffic calming, meaning the right lane on each side will be unavailable to drivers.

Can't Reno Road carry more of the traffic? Share the burden all around.

That is a residential street with many with schools and daycares where kids walk to school. But the parking on Connecticut is good for mobility impaired community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m happy about it. The bike lanes were going to be hazardous for people who use wheelchairs or walkers, severely restricting their curbside access.

Great - now your curbside access will be blocked by parked cars - big win for you!

BTW I doubt you are even a wheelchair user or mobility impaired - most people who are don't actually drive and would most benefit from improved bus service, unblocked crosswalks and ADA accessible neighborhoods.

None of which are advanced by creating more parking which is all that this does.

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Anonymous wrote:Though it does appear to be a pyrrhic victory for commuters - both sides of Connecticut will be available for parking 24/7, with bump outs for traffic calming, meaning the right lane on each side will be unavailable to drivers.

Can't Reno Road carry more of the traffic? Share the burden all around.

That is a residential street with many with schools and daycares where kids walk to school. But the parking on Connecticut is good for mobility impaired community.

Under the "bike lane plan" there was 24/7 parking on one side of the street, which is more than there is today. Plenty of space for dedicated accessibility parking. Now, it will just be all parking to satisfy the whiny, entitled Ward 3 and Ward 4 boomer drivers.

[Anonymous]

The bike lane plan was brought to us by the supporters of the Defund the Police movement and the Connecticut Ave housing voucher fan boys. Times up, we've seen your prior work and are not fans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bike lane plan was brought to us by the supporters of the Defund the Police movement and the Connecticut Ave housing voucher fan boys. Times up, we've seen your prior work and are not fans.

Actually, it was a result of over 50 public meetings and engineering experts at DDOT with the support of the ANCs and the current and former Councilmembers.

We cannot keep doing the same thing we have been doing for the past 80 years. There isn't space on our streets, there isn't time with respect to climate change so we need to do something else that is more accommodating for the 21st Century.

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Anonymous wrote:Though it does appear to be a pyrrhic victory for commuters - both sides of Connecticut will be available for parking 24/7, with bump outs for traffic calming, meaning the right lane on each side will be unavailable to drivers.

Can't Reno Road carry more of the traffic? Share the burden all around.

That is a residential street with many with schools and daycares where kids walk to school. But the parking on Connecticut is good for mobility impaired community.

Under the "bike lane plan" there was 24/7 parking on one side of the street, which is more than there is today. Plenty of space for dedicated accessibility parking. Now, it will just be all parking to satisfy the whiny, entitled Ward 3 and Ward 4 boomer drivers.

Parking "winning" this is the worst thing about this whole debacle. You're going to dedicate 1/3rd of the space to car storage, and still have delivery vehicles parking in the travel lanes and buses getting all jammed up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The bike lane plan was brought to us by the supporters of the Defund the Police movement and the Connecticut Ave housing voucher fan boys. Times up, we've seen your prior work and are not fans.

Actually, it was a result of over 50 public meetings and engineering experts at DDOT with the support of the ANCs and the current and former Councilmembers.

We cannot keep doing the same thing we have been doing for the past 80 years. There isn't space on our streets, there isn't time with respect to climate change so we need to do something else that is more accommodating for the 21st Century.

I do not understand why bike-lane supporters think "well, the majority of ANC commissioners supported this" is such a cogent reason for everyone to support it. Most of those commissioners -- who, for the millionth time, have no actual power -- were elected thanks to like 300 people who came out to actually vote, hardly a mandate. It's such a dumb argument, yet they trot it out over and over. No wonder Bowser ignored them.