Options for opposing Connecticut Avenue changes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The cargo ebike crowd will foist this on us and then when their kids hit 5 move to the suburbs and those of us who are long term residents will be stuck with it. Reno road is in between Wisconsin and CT - actually providing bike access to two commercial areas at once. So so people's itinerary may not be as easy as going down CT ave but others will be better. The objections to this are just opposite for no reason. There could be true separation for the bikes by putting the bike lane near the sidewalks which is 5-6 feet from the road. There is plenty of room on the West side of the road

What is the desired speed with the "traffic calming" 5 miles an hour? How many bus riders are having their commute disrupted - having taken toddlers to pre-k on the bus - having to walk an extra 4 blocks to get to the bus stop is way more inconvenient than an adult having to bike back and forth between reno and CT Ave

great let’s put bike lanes on Reno too!!

So you don't live here? There are bike lanes on Reno.

The sharrows?

It is hilarious that you people invent these nonsense words as status signifiers to each other, but which mean nothing to ordinary people.

[Anonymous]

So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all this for the city's least popular method of transportation. it would be great if the city focused less on bikes and more on ways of getting around that significant numbers of people actually use.

If less people drove cars, more able-bodied people would be alive today, climate variability would be less, the projected annual temperature increase would be less, our governments would have more money to give back to the population in tax cuts or to spend on productive social programs, and more people would have more time to spend on productive endeavors rather than being stuck in traffic. But yet we should be encouraging people to drive more, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The cargo ebike crowd will foist this on us and then when their kids hit 5 move to the suburbs and those of us who are long term residents will be stuck with it. Reno road is in between Wisconsin and CT - actually providing bike access to two commercial areas at once. So so people's itinerary may not be as easy as going down CT ave but others will be better. The objections to this are just opposite for no reason. There could be true separation for the bikes by putting the bike lane near the sidewalks which is 5-6 feet from the road. There is plenty of room on the West side of the road

What is the desired speed with the "traffic calming" 5 miles an hour? How many bus riders are having their commute disrupted - having taken toddlers to pre-k on the bus - having to walk an extra 4 blocks to get to the bus stop is way more inconvenient than an adult having to bike back and forth between reno and CT Ave

great let’s put bike lanes on Reno too!!

So you don't live here? There are bike lanes on Reno.

The sharrows?

It is hilarious that you people invent these nonsense words as status signifiers to each other, but which mean nothing to ordinary people.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=sharrows

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

You should visit Houston sometime. Massive roads down there. Lots of low density housing. You should love it.

[Anonymous]

"The reason that we don't share our names on our website is that the other side harasses and seeks to destroy people who disagree with them. We have jobs and families and are simply seeking to have a say in our community. The opposition has also waged a criminal campaign of intimidation against our supporters by stealing our signs and materials. " - saveconnecticutave.org

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The reason that we don't share our names on our website is that the other side harasses and seeks to destroy people who disagree with them. We have jobs and families and are simply seeking to have a say in our community. The opposition has also waged a criminal campaign of intimidation against our supporters by stealing our signs and materials. " - saveconnecticutave.org

I wonder why they use the plural tense to refer to a coalition of one.

Were the signs even legally posted? It not, it wouldn't be the first time that someone in DC complained about their illegally-posted posters being "stolen".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

ma'am this is a city. the capital of the nation, in fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

You should visit Houston sometime. Massive roads down there. Lots of low density housing. You should love it.

you know dc is one of the most densely populated cities in the western hemisphere, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:all this for the city's least popular method of transportation. it would be great if the city focused less on bikes and more on ways of getting around that significant numbers of people actually use.

WMATA is a regional system. So teh city is doing what it can by helping allocate more space for bikes. If you think more space for cars is the answer, then 1950 wants you back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

More people moving in doesn't equal more cars. You really need to get outside the Boomer thought that everyone wants, needs or can afford a car. It just isn't our world anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

You should visit Houston sometime. Massive roads down there. Lots of low density housing. You should love it.

you know dc is one of the most densely populated cities in the western hemisphere, right?

The point was that the poster seems to want DC to be a very different city. The city they seem to want is probably best represented by Houston, which builds massive freeways just for the hell of it. I moved to DC because I like density and I like being able to get around without driving everywhere. Other people like that about DC too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

More people moving in doesn't equal more cars. You really need to get outside the Boomer thought that everyone wants, needs or can afford a car. It just isn't our world anymore.

It’s not just boomers- I don’t know how anyone with kids can live in the city without a car, public transport is too unreliable and inefficient. No way in hell am I biking on these roads with my kids, even with the changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

More people moving in doesn't equal more cars. You really need to get outside the Boomer thought that everyone wants, needs or can afford a car. It just isn't our world anymore.

It’s not just boomers- I don’t know how anyone with kids can live in the city without a car, public transport is too unreliable and inefficient. No way in hell am I biking on these roads with my kids, even with the changes.

It's quite easy toive in DC with kids and without a car. I've managed fine. Many other carless families I know have done fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the city's policy is to build as much housing as possible, to accommodate more people, but reduce the capacity of roads to handle their cars?

Can we do the opposite?

Make people's lives better by making it easier to get around, and discourage more people from moving here?

You should visit Houston sometime. Massive roads down there. Lots of low density housing. You should love it.

you know dc is one of the most densely populated cities in the western hemisphere, right?

The point was that the poster seems to want DC to be a very different city. The city they seem to want is probably best represented by Houston, which builds massive freeways just for the hell of it. I moved to DC because I like density and I like being able to get around without driving everywhere. Other people like that about DC too.

"the city they seem to want."

sweetie, i'm the pp and ive been in dc longer than you've been alive. I know you just moved here from shitty town, indiana and you have all the answers and know all about life in the big city, but maybe you should keep quiet and let the adults talk.