Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Alternatively, maybe they don't. After all, who asks their customers about mode of transportation? Every study has found that good bike lanes are good for business, not bad.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

[Anonymous]

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

So about 80-90% we’re not bike riders? Nice job with the own goal.

[Anonymous]

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

So about 80-90% we’re not bike riders? Nice job with the own goal.

I love when smug people like PP completely miss the point.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

Cool story bro.

[Anonymous]

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

Of all the things that have never happened, this story has never happened the most.

[Anonymous]

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

So about 80-90% we’re not bike riders? Nice job with the own goal.

The topic of the thread is Safety changes to Connecticut Avenue. One of the arguements raised a few posts ago is that some businesses oppose the cahnges because they fear the loss of parking. So when a business ownerlearns that their client base doesn't drive and thus doesn't care about the loss of parking, that becomes a revelation. Sure, some of them biked. But none of them drove. That is the headline. Thanks for highlighting it.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

So about 80-90% we’re not bike riders? Nice job with the own goal.

The topic of the thread is Safety changes to Connecticut Avenue. One of the arguements raised a few posts ago is that some businesses oppose the cahnges because they fear the loss of parking. So when a business ownerlearns that their client base doesn't drive and thus doesn't care about the loss of parking, that becomes a revelation. Sure, some of them biked. But none of them drove. That is the headline. Thanks for highlighting it.

Except that is not at all the takeaway. That person asked solely about parking on Connecticut. The rest is just stuff you've made up in your head.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Funny, I was in a store recently on CT Ave where there were about 10 customers. I know the owner and have been a customer for years. We talked about the changes and the owner said he was opposed to them. I asked him to ask the customers currently in the store, who had parked on CT Ave. He did. Not a single one had. In fact, not a single customer in the store at that moment had even driven. 8 walked, the rest biked. The store owner was actually very surprised. I suggest to him he ask on occasion just to get a better read. It has changed his mind completely.

There was no bullying involved. The store owner honestly had no idea.

So about 80-90% we’re not bike riders? Nice job with the own goal.

The topic of the thread is Safety changes to Connecticut Avenue. One of the arguements raised a few posts ago is that some businesses oppose the cahnges because they fear the loss of parking. So when a business ownerlearns that their client base doesn't drive and thus doesn't care about the loss of parking, that becomes a revelation. Sure, some of them biked. But none of them drove. That is the headline. Thanks for highlighting it.

Except that is not at all the takeaway. That person asked solely about parking on Connecticut. The rest is just stuff you've made up in your head.

No. It very much is the takeaway. The business owner is not reliant on Connecticut Ave being as motorist-friendly as possible and did not have a good handle on his customer base.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Alternatively, maybe they don't. After all, who asks their customers about mode of transportation? Every study has found that good bike lanes are good for business, not bad.

A DC government study found that the number one challenge for Cleveland Park businesses along Connecticut Avenue is parking.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Public safety requires a tax base. The business owners have spoken. And the mayor has listened.

Then why is DDOT still working on designs? It is rather ironic, the businesses would lose more money from customers by opposing these public safety measures. Their customers are telling them daily how they are getting to their stores and what the improvements will mean.

Guessing the business owners drive there to their businesses and (incorrectly) assume everyone else does too.

Maybe after being in business for multiple decades they have a pretty good handle on who their customers are? Maybe the last people they are going to trust are people who have exactly zero business experience? Maybe they are tired of being bullied? I don’t know.

Alternatively, maybe they don't. After all, who asks their customers about mode of transportation? Every study has found that good bike lanes are good for business, not bad.

A DC government study found that the number one challenge for Cleveland Park businesses along Connecticut Avenue is parking.

good thing the plan doesn’t get rid of parking then!!!

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

One of the middle finger commissioners is even chair of the ANC. One can't make this stuff up.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Something else that may have hurt the bike lane cause is the shameless ageism of some of its proponents.

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"Vision Zero" is such a perfect summation of Mayor Bowser and her administration.

This is just another push by the bike lobby to try to resuscitate something that no one but a small group of bike lobby bros wants. You can't have this and the mayor calling for the Federal Govt. to return to work. The two are diametrically opposed.

The reality is that the CT Ave bike lanes were always an uphill battle, but they died the moment a group of ANC commissioners took a photo of themselves giving the middle finger to a business that was opposed.

Yeah because most people in D.C. (a) are aware that ANCs exist, (b) know that these commissioners did this and (c) care?

That moment solidified business opposition to a proposal that always had a tenuous benefit due how low the projected utilization would be and caught the attention of key decision makers. I hate to break it to you, but there is not a single person who important decision making responsibility in this city that wants to be seen as deciding in favor of the middle finger brigade and against important figures in the business community.

Except for the Mayor, Councilmember and DDOT officials who have public safety and not the fragile sensibilities of a bunch of blue hairs, at stake.

Something else that may have hurt the bike lane cause is the shameless ageism of some of its proponents.

but mostly the constant lying and general douchey behavior