Your top three recommendations to make DC a better place for locals and visitors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Outlaw vaping and smoking outside or in public spaces. All smoking - but especially weed. My kids associate weed smell with DC the way NYC smells like trash and piss.

2. Deal with the rats

3. House the homeless and deal with begging and pan handing in tourist areas

Can we get the tent encampments out of Rock Creek Park? Or at least make the "residents" work to clean up the filth in the park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Nice way of letting everyone know that you haven’t bothered to read the Constitution.

The same 250 year old document that allows Americans to arm themselves with unlimited weapons of war? Pardon me while I wipe my a55 with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If you think of streets in a city as analogous to the blood vessels in your body, getting rid of parking spaces and replacing them with bike lanes is like giving a city arteriosclerosis. It makes it a lot harder for the vast majority of people to get around the city. People aren't going to switch to bikes just because there's bike lanes. They'll just stop going to the parts of the city where it's a pain in the ass to drive or park. I know I haven't been to Georgetown in years because getting around Georgetown fking sucks. How does it help anyone to have a balkanized city?

It's called

Metro
Bus
Walking
Cycling
Rideshare
Scooter

Tons of ways to get around the District without having convenient and subsidized parking available for drivers. Time to prioritize people, not single occupancy vehicle owners and operators.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More parking. Get rid of bike lanes no one uses

Yeah, that will make DC an even nicer place. Widen the roads, increase speed limits and make it easier for suburbanites to drive around DC. Brilliant. Turn DC into a car sewer dump like GA Ave near the Beltway.

If you think of streets in a city as analogous to the blood vessels in your body, getting rid of parking spaces and replacing them with bike lanes is like giving a city arteriosclerosis. It makes it a lot harder for the vast majority of people to get around the city. People aren't going to switch to bikes just because there's bike lanes. They'll just stop going to the parts of the city where it's a pain in the ass to drive or park. I know I haven't been to Georgetown in years because getting around Georgetown fking sucks. How does it help anyone to have a balkanized city?

It’s the classic…nobody goes to Georgetown anymore…it’s too popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nice way of letting everyone know that you haven’t bothered to read the Constitution.

The same 250 year old document that allows Americans to arm themselves with unlimited weapons of war? Pardon me while I wipe my a55 with it.

Then by all means go and live somewhere more to your liking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If you think of streets in a city as analogous to the blood vessels in your body, getting rid of parking spaces and replacing them with bike lanes is like giving a city arteriosclerosis. It makes it a lot harder for the vast majority of people to get around the city. People aren't going to switch to bikes just because there's bike lanes. They'll just stop going to the parts of the city where it's a pain in the ass to drive or park. I know I haven't been to Georgetown in years because getting around Georgetown fking sucks. How does it help anyone to have a balkanized city?

It's called

Metro
Bus
Walking
Cycling
Rideshare
Scooter

Tons of ways to get around the District without having convenient and subsidized parking available for drivers. Time to prioritize people, not single occupancy vehicle owners and operators.

Yes, but driving is by far the most popular way of getting around, and it's the only method of transportation in Washington D.C. that transportation surveys show is becoming *more* popular. Fewer people are biking. Fewer are riding the subway. Fewer are taking the bus. Sorry but people are voting with their feet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Re-criminalize pot.

Never going to happen. But continue holding your breath until it does, it's rather amusing.

Would be interesting to see it as a ballot initiative. I would certainly vote in favor of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, but driving is by far the most popular way of getting around, and it's the only method of transportation in Washington D.C. that transportation surveys show is becoming *more* popular. Fewer people are biking. Fewer are riding the subway. Fewer are taking the bus. Sorry but people are voting with their feet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Would be interesting to see it as a ballot initiative. I would certainly vote in favor of it.

Start your own ballot initiative. Put your money where your mouth is. Or continue throwing performative tantrums online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Outlaw vaping and smoking outside or in public spaces. All smoking - but especially weed. My kids associate weed smell with DC the way NYC smells like trash and piss.

2. Deal with the rats

3. House the homeless and deal with begging and pan handing in tourist areas

Can we get the tent encampments out of Rock Creek Park? Or at least make the "residents" work to clean up the filth in the park?

1. Weed
2. Tents
3. Rats

This doesn’t feel like a big ask and yet it seems impossible to imagine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If you think of streets in a city as analogous to the blood vessels in your body, getting rid of parking spaces and replacing them with bike lanes is like giving a city arteriosclerosis. It makes it a lot harder for the vast majority of people to get around the city. People aren't going to switch to bikes just because there's bike lanes. They'll just stop going to the parts of the city where it's a pain in the ass to drive or park. I know I haven't been to Georgetown in years because getting around Georgetown fking sucks. How does it help anyone to have a balkanized city?

It's called

Metro
Bus
Walking
Cycling
Rideshare
Scooter

Tons of ways to get around the District without having convenient and subsidized parking available for drivers. Time to prioritize people, not single occupancy vehicle owners and operators.

Yes, but driving is by far the most popular way of getting around, and it's the only method of transportation in Washington D.C. that transportation surveys show is becoming *more* popular. Fewer people are biking. Fewer are riding the subway. Fewer are taking the bus. Sorry but people are voting with their feet.

Hmmm would drivers drive if we didn't have roads?

So how are bikers supposed to bike?

Use your brain

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nice way of letting everyone know that you haven’t bothered to read the Constitution.

The same 250 year old document that allows Americans to arm themselves with unlimited weapons of war? Pardon me while I wipe my a55 with it.

I’m sure that people take you very seriously and your arguments are very effective.

[Anonymous]

1) Defund the police

2) Defund the police

3) The police should be defunded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nice way of letting everyone know that you haven’t bothered to read the Constitution.

The same 250 year old document that allows Americans to arm themselves with unlimited weapons of war? Pardon me while I wipe my a55 with it.

The very first thing we should do is burn every single reference to it. There is no constitution as far as I’m concerned.

[Anonymous]

1) free weed dispensaries.

2) get rid of the cops and them.

3) extra tax on white people.