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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Actually, the bolded part is not true. The Congressional Budget Office says: "Personal vehicles—cars, light-duty trucks (including sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and pickup trucks), and motorcycles—were responsible for 58 percent of emissions in the transportation sector in 2019." Air falls into a larger bucket that accounted for a total of 17 percent of transportation emissions: "Emissions from commercial trucks and all buses accounted for 25 percent. Together, the following modes of transportation accounted for the remaining 17 percent: air (including commercial passenger aviation, general aviation, air cargo, and military aviation), pipelines (for which fuel is burned to power compressors that keep oil and natural gas flowing at a steady rate), rail (passenger railroads, rail transit, and freight railroads), and water (including ships and boats)."

Transportation, meanwhile, accounted for 38 percent of U.S. emissions in 2019, the largest single share, ahead of even electricity generation.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58861#_idTextAnchor007

So yes, one round-trip flight to Tokyo accounts for a lot of GHG emissions, but so does driving to work. FWIW, I have flown as far as from D.C. to Tokyo once, 15 years ago, and I bought carbon offsets for that flight (which are a scam in and of themselves, yes, but still probably better than NOT buying them).

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

If you love mass transit and walking, then use mass transit and walking. Bike lanes are not the enemy of mass transit and walking. Cars are.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

If you love mass transit and walking, then use mass transit and walking. Bike lanes are not the enemy of mass transit and walking. Cars are.

They eliminated Circulator routes in order to pay for bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

People don't bike when it's hot outside.

People don’t bike for a million reasons which is why all these bike lanes are empty

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

If you love mass transit and walking, then use mass transit and walking. Bike lanes are not the enemy of mass transit and walking. Cars are.

They eliminated Circulator routes in order to pay for bike lanes.

You could repeat that assertion a million more times, and it still wouldn't be true.

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Bike lanes make zero difference to the environment because:

1. Hardly anyone uses them

2. The people who do use them were never going to drive in the first place. If they weren’t biking, they’d be on some form of public transportation

The only way bike lanes could make even a small difference is if people en masse abandon cars for bikes and that will obviously never happen because most people have no interest in cycling

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

If you love mass transit and walking, then use mass transit and walking. Bike lanes are not the enemy of mass transit and walking. Cars are.

They eliminated Circulator routes in order to pay for bike lanes.

You could repeat that assertion a million more times, and it still wouldn't be true.

I want our environmental funding to improve the environment and I want our transportation funding to improve transportation. Bike lanes do neither. They are an amenity and should be funded as such. They are carbon and fiscal negatives.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.

Pedestrians actually always have right of way, even in the bike lane. It’s rude to stand in it, and I’m always happy to roll my eyes at people who do that as I swerve my bike into the street to avoid them, but that’s the law.

That can’t be right. As a pedestrian, I can just stand in the middle of the road blocking traffic that has a green light and I have the right of way? I don’t think that’s true. Maybe I didn’t explain it well but we had a red light/no crossing — he had stepped off the curb and was standing in the roadway, in the bike lane, blocking a cyclist that had a green light and was coming up the road. If I did that and was hit by a car, they would say I was jaywalking, not that I had the right of way.

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Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.

This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.

Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.

Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.

Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.

Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.

We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.

That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.

there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.

Except for the fact that I live in DC, like most of the people complaining about the waste of resources that are bike lanes.

Considering their usage numbers, are bike lanes even carbon neutral?

Fortunately, there are plenty of Metro stations in DC! And buses too. You could even use the bike lanes.

I take the metro when I have all day and don't need to transport anything. As for buses, unfortunately they've been cut back. If only there was a pot of money being wasted on benefiting a handful of people that could be used to support mass transit. Bikes, maybe on a day like today. But otherwise, it's too hot, too cold, raining, etc. If only we lived in San Diego and didn't have kids. As it stands, I'm spending more and more of my disposable income in Maryland and Virginia because they're easier to get to but don't worry. I'm sure those bike lanes will eventually create the urban utopia of your pre-industrial revolution english village dream.

Considering their usage numbers, are the bike lanes in DC even carbon neutral?

I don't think city living is for you. Maybe Loudoun County? Somewhere where most of the land is used for roads or parking lots.

No thank you. I was here before you and I will be here after you leave. I love mass transit and walking. Wish we had more of it and stopped wasting our money on unused vanity projects for twitter obsessed late stage boomers and virtue signaling millennials.

If you love mass transit and walking, then use mass transit and walking. Bike lanes are not the enemy of mass transit and walking. Cars are.

They eliminated Circulator routes in order to pay for bike lanes.

You could repeat that assertion a million more times, and it still wouldn't be true.

I want our environmental funding to improve the environment and I want our transportation funding to improve transportation. Bike lanes do neither. They are an amenity and should be funded as such. They are carbon and fiscal negatives.

Yes, yes, you hate bike lanes, we get the point. I don't know what bike lanes ever did to you, but there's no point in arguing with such a deeply ingrained prejudice.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.

Pedestrians actually always have right of way, even in the bike lane. It’s rude to stand in it, and I’m always happy to roll my eyes at people who do that as I swerve my bike into the street to avoid them, but that’s the law.

That can’t be right. As a pedestrian, I can just stand in the middle of the road blocking traffic that has a green light and I have the right of way? I don’t think that’s true. Maybe I didn’t explain it well but we had a red light/no crossing — he had stepped off the curb and was standing in the roadway, in the bike lane, blocking a cyclist that had a green light and was coming up the road. If I did that and was hit by a car, they would say I was jaywalking, not that I had the right of way.

Maybe you’re right? I don’t know, I just always assume when I’m on my bike or in my car that pedestrians always have right of way. I do not assume that when I’m a pedestrian because I don’t want to get hit.