upzoning: what will it really change?

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

And the increased congestion will only make walking more difficult and push vehicle traffic onto the neighborhood side streets.. It blows my mind that anyone thinks this is a good idea.

The absolute worst part is that the bike lanes won't even be used. Nobody is biking up or down that hill on a casual basis. Meanwhile the 100 or so bicycle commuters from NW all use Beach Drive which is much more pleasant.

Reno, a street currently without many signaled intersections, is going to get a lot more traffic and a lot less safe. Any arterial connecting CT and Wisconsin, e.g. Porter and Van Ness, are going to get a lot more traffic and a lot less safe.

Also anything connecting Connecticut to Beach or 16th.

How many schools will be impacted? I can name well over a dozen off the top of my head.

30,000 people use that road and they're eliminating 1/3rd of it while at the same time trying to increase population density on it. It's madness.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

I think they also know this. So why do they want to make it harder for people to get to upper CT and therefore make that area less desirable?

This can only be solved through trial by combat. If one of these bike proponents can successfully drop off two kids at separate schools, get to work downtown, get the kids to after school activities in separate locations, and get home and make dinner for an entire week in the winter . . . They can have their bike lanes.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

And the increased congestion will only make walking more difficult and push vehicle traffic onto the neighborhood side streets.. It blows my mind that anyone thinks this is a good idea.

The absolute worst part is that the bike lanes won't even be used. Nobody is biking up or down that hill on a casual basis. Meanwhile the 100 or so bicycle commuters from NW all use Beach Drive which is much more pleasant.

Reno, a street currently without many signaled intersections, is going to get a lot more traffic and a lot less safe. Any arterial connecting CT and Wisconsin, e.g. Porter and Van Ness, are going to get a lot more traffic and a lot less safe.

Also anything connecting Connecticut to Beach or 16th.

How many schools will be impacted? I can name well over a dozen off the top of my head.

30,000 people use that road and they're eliminating 1/3rd of it while at the same time trying to increase population density on it. It's madness.

This is what you call overreaching. This will be a disaster and turn many, many people against bike lanes.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

Waze and other traffic apps are going to push traffic through residential streets and school zones. This plan will overall decrease pedestrian and bike safety. The grownups are back from summer vacation and are starting to pay attention.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

This is not relevant to upper CT Avenue. There are no issues with local stores receiving foot traffic and being supported in either Cleveland Park or Chevy Chase. In fact, the stores know that they also rely on people from outside the area coming in to buy things or dine. The net effect of making that harder to do (note that the proposal does not include improving transit) will have obvious consequences.

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

Waze and other traffic apps are going to push traffic through residential streets and school zones. This plan will overall decrease pedestrian and bike safety. The grownups are back from summer vacation and are starting to pay attention.

They are leaving no option for traffic to go other than onto Wisconsin. Capacity on 14th and 16th have already been reduced. They have Beach closed for half the year. They have reduced speeds on Reno to 15 MPH. They are promoting a new plan for Georgia Ave. Connecticut is going to a nightmare of congestion by design and Wisconsin congestion will get worse. There is no plan here. There is only chaos and some bizarre Calvinistic intent to “punish” people due to perceived extravagance. It would be funny if it was not so bizarre and have actual, real world negative consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.fox5dc.com/news/connecticut-avenue-bike-lane-plan-faces-opposition

They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

Waze and other traffic apps are going to push traffic through residential streets and school zones. This plan will overall decrease pedestrian and bike safety. The grownups are back from summer vacation and are starting to pay attention.

They are leaving no option for traffic to go other than onto Wisconsin. Capacity on 14th and 16th have already been reduced. They have Beach closed for half the year. They have reduced speeds on Reno to 15 MPH. They are promoting a new plan for Georgia Ave. Connecticut is going to a nightmare of congestion by design and Wisconsin congestion will get worse. There is no plan here. There is only chaos and some bizarre Calvinistic intent to “punish” people due to perceived extravagance. It would be funny if it was not so bizarre and have actual, real world negative consequences.

What do they want to do with Georgia avenue?

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

Waze and other traffic apps are going to push traffic through residential streets and school zones. This plan will overall decrease pedestrian and bike safety. The grownups are back from summer vacation and are starting to pay attention.

They are leaving no option for traffic to go other than onto Wisconsin. Capacity on 14th and 16th have already been reduced. They have Beach closed for half the year. They have reduced speeds on Reno to 15 MPH. They are promoting a new plan for Georgia Ave. Connecticut is going to a nightmare of congestion by design and Wisconsin congestion will get worse. There is no plan here. There is only chaos and some bizarre Calvinistic intent to “punish” people due to perceived extravagance. It would be funny if it was not so bizarre and have actual, real world negative consequences.

What do they want to do with Georgia avenue?

Replicate 16th Street. Remove traffic lanes and convert to bus priority lanes.
https://ddot.dc.gov/page/georgia-avenue-nw-bus-priority

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Wow, according to DDOT's own planning estimates, almost 25% of Connecticut Ave traffic will be diverted onto neighborhood side streets because of the bike lane plan. That's 7,000 extra vehicles per day!

What's more the City is paying the Washington Area Bicyclist Association almost $3m to astroturf on social media in support of this plan.

Who exactly is supporting and pushing this asinine plan? It makes no sense. On its face it's a bad idea. But when we look even further it's Barry/Trump level in its stupidity. No wonder they've been doing this behind everyone's back.

[Anonymous]

It’s really odd to see how excited many of these ANC commissioners get when talking about two issues: bike lanes and marijuana dispensaries. If they spent a fraction of that time on crime and schools DC would be a world class city.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, according to DDOT's own planning estimates, almost 25% of Connecticut Ave traffic will be diverted onto neighborhood side streets because of the bike lane plan. That's 7,000 extra vehicles per day!

What's more the City is paying the Washington Area Bicyclist Association almost $3m to astroturf on social media in support of this plan.

Who exactly is supporting and pushing this asinine plan? It makes no sense. On its face it's a bad idea. But when we look even further it's Barry/Trump level in its stupidity. No wonder they've been doing this behind everyone's back.

Follow the money trail …

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

Downtown. In that part of town people drive, park and then walk. Doubling congestion during rush hour does the exact opposite of calming traffic and eliminates stopping along the way as an option. Moreover, the increased side street traffic that will result when people try and avoid the congestion will significantly decrease pedestrian safety.

There is zero benefit to this plan. Bicyclists won't use it, walking will become more dangerous and driving will be an unholy nightmare during rush hour. It's just a bad idea.

Waze and other traffic apps are going to push traffic through residential streets and school zones. This plan will overall decrease pedestrian and bike safety. The grownups are back from summer vacation and are starting to pay attention.

They are leaving no option for traffic to go other than onto Wisconsin. Capacity on 14th and 16th have already been reduced. They have Beach closed for half the year. They have reduced speeds on Reno to 15 MPH. They are promoting a new plan for Georgia Ave. Connecticut is going to a nightmare of congestion by design and Wisconsin congestion will get worse. There is no plan here. There is only chaos and some bizarre Calvinistic intent to “punish” people due to perceived extravagance. It would be funny if it was not so bizarre and have actual, real world negative consequences.

The impact of traffic on Wisconsin by city ridge and other new builds wasn't presented very "honestly". I'm not sure how much more traffic upper Wisconsin can bear....

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

+1. I live near CT Ave and definitely will use local business more once it it easier to cross the street. Makes it much easier to pop into businesses if I can actually cross the street and not worry about getting hit by drivers. I highly doubt most commuters are stopping halfway through their commute to patronize DC businesses. I am much more likely to stop at a local business when I am walking than when I am driving

This is long overdue- DC has catered to people
Driving for far too long with the design of Connecticut - it is basically a death trap speedway through residential areas

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They're eliminating two lanes on Connecticut freaking Avenue. That is honestly one of the stupidest decisions ever made by the DC Government.

Is it just me or is it totally insane to promote higher density while intentionally removing transportation infrastructure.

I could see removing a lane for a bus lane, but a bike lane is insane. CT Ave goes up a steep hill. I hear a lot about the Netherlands model. You know what the Netherlands doesn’t have? Hills. By all means turn the Old City, that’s mostly flat, into a bike utopia. This seems like an intentional plan to make upper CT an undesirable place to live which is consistent with other DC government behaviors, like the housing homeless in apartment buildings and hotels in the same area. I guess the plan is to intentionally impoverish the area so it can be redeveloped?

The city is intentionally making traffic worse because they think that will prompt people to switch to bikes. That's obviously ridiculous. People will just leave or stop going to parts of the city where it's hard to get around.

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd. In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally.

+1. I live near CT Ave and definitely will use local business more once it it easier to cross the street. Makes it much easier to pop into businesses if I can actually cross the street and not worry about getting hit by drivers. I highly doubt most commuters are stopping halfway through their commute to patronize DC businesses. I am much more likely to stop at a local business when I am walking than when I am driving

This is long overdue- DC has catered to people
Driving for far too long with the design of Connecticut - it is basically a death trap speedway through residential areas

Maybe a compromise would be to spend $10 billion to build an underground transit system that runs the ENTIRE length of CT Ave. Then we could even complement it with surface bus service. And, just to be crazy, we could allow people to bring their bikes on both. What do you think?