Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

It’s pathetic

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

If you say that DDOT spends *b*illons (rather than the actual, maybe double digit *m*illions), all your creditability goes directly into the toilet.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

If you say that DDOT spends *b*illons (rather than the actual, maybe double digit *m*illions), all your creditability goes directly into the toilet.

The "bike stuff that no one asked for" stuff is nonsense too. At minimum the Bike Lobby (TM) asked for it, right?

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

Thousands of new units with nowhere to educate thousands of new kids.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

Thousands of new units with nowhere to educate thousands of new kids.

That’s the plan. It’s curious - or maybe not - that the “Smart Growth” development lobby has lobbied so loudly for the Connecticut Ave bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

No. A few loud, obsessed residents want Connecticut Avenue to be a traffic sewer. That's not a good reason for allowing Connecticut Avenue to remain a traffic sewer.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

No. A few loud, obsessed residents want Connecticut Avenue to be a traffic sewer. That's not a good reason for allowing Connecticut Avenue to remain a traffic sewer.

I'd hate for any street to be a "traffic sewer" but better Connecticut Ave than Macomb or Porter Street. Connecticut is designated as one of the major arterials between Maryland and downtown. The WABA plan diverts a lot of the vehicle traffic to side streets which can't handle it and would put more kids and pedestrians at risk.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

No. A few loud, obsessed residents want Connecticut Avenue to be a traffic sewer. That's not a good reason for allowing Connecticut Avenue to remain a traffic sewer.

I'd hate for any street to be a "traffic sewer" but better Connecticut Ave than Macomb or Porter Street. Connecticut is designated as one of the major arterials between Maryland and downtown. The WABA plan diverts a lot of the vehicle traffic to side streets which can't handle it and would put more kids and pedestrians at risk.

Yes, despite the mayor's commitment to pedestrian safety no speed bumps or speed curbs have appeared on our 'cut through' side street, despite requests. Kids and pedestrians are still an after thought with all of these plans.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

No. A few loud, obsessed residents want Connecticut Avenue to be a traffic sewer. That's not a good reason for allowing Connecticut Avenue to remain a traffic sewer.

I'd hate for any street to be a "traffic sewer" but better Connecticut Ave than Macomb or Porter Street. Connecticut is designated as one of the major arterials between Maryland and downtown. The WABA plan diverts a lot of the vehicle traffic to side streets which can't handle it and would put more kids and pedestrians at risk.

Even better is for no street to be a traffic sewer.

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

Ward 3 is definitely not the least bike-friendly ward in the city (try Ward 8 or Ward 7, where the streets are even more dangerous and/but bike infrastructure is less popular).

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Anonymous wrote:The reason the bike mafia tweets pics of running errands on a bike is that it is so uncommon. Like look “you CAN shop for groceries on a bike.” But if bikes were actually common there would be no need for the picture, we’d see it every day. But we rarely see it.

… because the safe biking infrastructure isn’t there.

So you can actually do it now. But you can’t actually do it now. Got it.

You can do it now. But more people would do it, if it were safer, more comfortable, more convenient. That's just not a complicated idea.

People don’t want to bike because biking fcking sucks. I’m sorry.

"I don't like bicycling."

-you

Which is fine, you don't have to like bicycling. Fortunately, bike lanes will not force you to bicycle.

Look around. We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and yet they’re empty of any people nearly 100 percent of the time. This has been a failed experiment.

I do look around. I see bicyclists. It's very disturbing that you are unable to see bicyclists. I hope you're not driving.

Bicycling is becoming *less* popular. Even after adjusting for the rise of work-from-home, surveys show fewer people are cycling despite the absurd amount of money the government continues to pour into biking infrastructure.

The DDOT testimony for tomorrow claims that 22% of all trips made in DC are by bike.

You are wrong. Terribly wrong. Horribly wrong.

So you're telling that the government agency that spends billions of dollars on bike stuff that no one asked for and virtually no one uses is producing numbers attempting to show that it's decisions were not stupid? Wow, I can't believe it.

You could just look at more independent analyses like the one put together by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They show cycling (and buses and subway) is losing a ton of market share to drivers.

Census data shows cycling is becoming less popular nationwide. It's slightly more popular in DC than it was 10 years ago, but the increase is very small given the amount of money the city has poured into it.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-09-27/biking-to-work-isn-t-gaining-any-ground-in-the-us

That the numbers are very low across the board suggests the total addressable market for cycling is quite low. Which is to say: cycling appeals to a small segment of white Bernie bros and not many other people

What critics don't understand is that bike lanes along Connecticut Avenue will help to catalyze the area's transformation to a great vibrant urban corridor. Think thousands of new units, many affordable, that will attract climate conscious residents looking for a car-free lifestyle. And yes, they will use the bike lanes. Add in the Red Line, lots of new cool restaurants, speakeasy, and coffee shops and Connecticut could be as fun and lively as the Wharf, Navy Yard and U Street!

Critics do understand it, and they hate the idea.

This! Ward 3 is the least bike friendly ward in the city, and Connecticut Avenue is the least bike friendly corridor in Ward 3. Throwing all your financial and political capital into this project is a losing proposition. Ward 3 wants Connecticut Ave to be a traffic sewer. The city should focus its efforts on more fertile ground.

Ward 3 is definitely not the least bike-friendly ward in the city (try Ward 8 or Ward 7, where the streets are even more dangerous and/but bike infrastructure is less popular).

There are a number of streets with bike lanes in Ward 3. Moreover, the ward has ready access to Rock Creek Park, including the bike trail, the Klingle Valley bike trail (an entire roadway closed for a trail), the towpath, extension of Capital Crescent trail, etc