Bike lanes that literally no one uses -- why are we still doing this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

I am not in favor of reducing public transit use. Can we force cyclists to use the bus? The busses have bike racks, so you can take your bike with you.

Don't be silly. Cyclists are too good for the bus. If they were willing to ride the bus, we wouldn't have had to build all these bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The city is removing a protected bike lane. Good start.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/12/arizona-bike-lane-dc/

DOT says people weren't using it.

DOT saying bike lanes aren't being used is like the pope declaring himself an atheist

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

I am not in favor of reducing public transit use. Can we force cyclists to use the bus? The busses have bike racks, so you can take your bike with you.

Don't be silly. Cyclists are too good for the bus. If they were willing to ride the bus, we wouldn't have had to build all these bike lanes.

Of course cyclists take the bus. The people who don't take the bus are the people my age who drive from my neighborhood in upper NW (which is also right near two Metro stations) to their office jobs downtown because (a) it's just so much more convenient or (b) they just like it more than taking public transit, even though they mostly have kids who (like mine) are both old enough to get themselves to school and live close enough to school not to need a ride, and (like me) they have no physical ailments that mean they have to drive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

We've had bike lanes in this city for decades. If there was even a shred of evidence that bikes reduce driving, the city would be pointing to it at every opportunity. It's not and that silence tells you everything you need to know.

We’ve also had decades of worsening traffic after giving drivers everything they’ve wanted. Now you guys are so stressed out that a few feet of asphalt that you can’t drive on has brought you to the boiling point.

Obviously the old way isn’t working. Younger people have moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

We've had bike lanes in this city for decades. If there was even a shred of evidence that bikes reduce driving, the city would be pointing to it at every opportunity. It's not and that silence tells you everything you need to know.

We’ve also had decades of worsening traffic after giving drivers everything they’ve wanted. Now you guys are so stressed out that a few feet of asphalt that you can’t drive on has brought you to the boiling point.

Obviously the old way isn’t working. Younger people have moved on.

The complaint here is that no one is using the bike lanes. DOT is even removing a lane they said isn't being used. Try to keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

We've had bike lanes in this city for decades. If there was even a shred of evidence that bikes reduce driving, the city would be pointing to it at every opportunity. It's not and that silence tells you everything you need to know.

We’ve also had decades of worsening traffic after giving drivers everything they’ve wanted. Now you guys are so stressed out that a few feet of asphalt that you can’t drive on has brought you to the boiling point.

Obviously the old way isn’t working. Younger people have moved on.

The complaint here is that no one is using the bike lanes. DOT is even removing a lane they said isn't being used. Try to keep up.

The real complaint is you guys got everything you wanted and it sucks so much that you need a scapegoat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

I am not in favor of reducing public transit use. Can we force cyclists to use the bus? The busses have bike racks, so you can take your bike with you.

Don't be silly. Cyclists are too good for the bus. If they were willing to ride the bus, we wouldn't have had to build all these bike lanes.

Of course cyclists take the bus. The people who don't take the bus are the people my age who drive from my neighborhood in upper NW (which is also right near two Metro stations) to their office jobs downtown because (a) it's just so much more convenient or (b) they just like it more than taking public transit, even though they mostly have kids who (like mine) are both old enough to get themselves to school and live close enough to school not to need a ride, and (like me) they have no physical ailments that mean they have to drive.

Both A and B for me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

The talking point is supposed to be that it reduces public transit use.

Not that anyone using that argument would support a bus lane either.

I am not in favor of reducing public transit use. Can we force cyclists to use the bus? The busses have bike racks, so you can take your bike with you.

Don't be silly. Cyclists are too good for the bus. If they were willing to ride the bus, we wouldn't have had to build all these bike lanes.

If I can't ride my bike to go to work or I'm going somewhere that isn't bikeshare where I don't want to ride my bike, I use the bus or metro. I hardly drive unless where I am after isn't accessible to one of those other three things, which is rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

Someone's breaking the law. Because that is only possible if you speed and/or run the lights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

Someone's breaking the law. Because that is only possible if you speed and/or run the lights.

The only reason biking is faster than driving is because bicyclists are ignoring every traffic law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

Someone's breaking the law. Because that is only possible if you speed and/or run the lights.

The only reason biking is faster than driving is because bicyclists are ignoring every traffic law.

+1

I’d make great time too if I treated every stop sign and red light as a mere suggestion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

Someone's breaking the law. Because that is only possible if you speed and/or run the lights.

The only reason biking is faster than driving is because bicyclists are ignoring every traffic law.

As a bicyclist I can say that this is 100% true and if there was an AI traffic control / ticketing system at every stop sign / traffic signal that enforced every traffic law for bicyclists hardly anyone would bike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use the bike lanes every day to buy groceries, take my kids to the Metro, take my oldest to soccer practice, visit my parents, commute to work.

Oh wait. Of course I don’t. I use the bus and car for those.

Some bike lanes work great. Others are pure city-planner GGW (does that exist anymore?) hokum that actually do damage by increasing commuting times and further disadvantaging centralized jobs and retail.

Whatever Duffy is up to is likely politicized nonsense, but the bike lane lobby has got to chill. Losing Connecticut Avenue was a sign.

Bike lanes reduce walking, not driving. Not sure why we want to reduce walking.

Huh? Biking if frequently faster than driving, especially in town. It takes me 25 mins by bike from Bethesda to Water St in Georgetown. Can’t beat that by car in the morning.

Someone's breaking the law. Because that is only possible if you speed and/or run the lights.

The only reason biking is faster than driving is because bicyclists are ignoring every traffic law.

As a bicyclist I can say that this is 100% true and if there was an AI traffic control / ticketing system at every stop sign / traffic signal that enforced every traffic law for bicyclists hardly anyone would bike.

If there was one ticketing car drivers for the same thing hardly anyone would drive as it would be too slow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The city installed a protected bike lane on a road I've driven on every day for many years. They took out a car lane to do it. Now, traffic on the road is a lot worse. In the maybe six months since it was installed, I have seen a grand total of two bicyclists use it. During that same time, I must have seen many thousands of drivers on that same road. How on earth does this make any sense?

People use them during commuting hours. Also the more the bike lanes are connected, the more people will feel safe and use them. Our street dollars are mainly spent for cars not even paying tax in DC. You can walk in down town, don't have to drive all the time.