Can we cancel Open Streets?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The city has slashed the number of open street events. There’s only two this year. Last year there was at least a half dozen. The city is getting the message that the public does not want this.

Remember “Safe Streets”? The city had a program a few years ago where they permanently closed streets across the city to all-but-local traffic so that we could “reimagine how streets might be used.” Yeah, people hated it and the city unceremoniously canceled it. Hopefully open streets will go the way of safe streets

Yeah and now a$$holes are constantly racing through the neighborhood, running red lights, not paying attention for pedestrians on turns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The city has slashed the number of open street events. There’s only two this year. Last year there was at least a half dozen. The city is getting the message that the public does not want this.

Remember “Safe Streets”? The city had a program a few years ago where they permanently closed streets across the city to all-but-local traffic so that we could “reimagine how streets might be used.” Yeah, people hated it and the city unceremoniously canceled it. Hopefully open streets will go the way of safe streets

Yeah, safe streets are terrible. What we need is more dangerous streets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

dude it’s literally SIX HOURS out of an entire year. you get the road all other 364.75 days. I think you can live. The fact that you’re getting so worked up about this indicates something else is going on with you.

People are so stressed out driving around here, that any tiny inconvenience is about to set them off. Rather than rethink how we do transportation, they double down on the thing that makes them angry. Its not much different than alcoholism.

[Anonymous]

If we want pre-pandemic office occupancy we probably also need pre-pandemic infrastructure. Opening streets isn’t sufficient to get higher occupancy but it’s probably necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

You do realize this is on a Sunday right? There will be fewer traffic jams than a regular work day. The problem isn't Open Streets, its the cars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

The way to fight climate change, or at least one of the ways, is to make it safe, comfortable, and convenient for people to go places without a car. You should try it some time!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

dude it’s literally SIX HOURS out of an entire year. you get the road all other 364.75 days. I think you can live. The fact that you’re getting so worked up about this indicates something else is going on with you.

People are so stressed out driving around here, that any tiny inconvenience is about to set them off. Rather than rethink how we do transportation, they double down on the thing that makes them angry. Its not much different than alcoholism.

So we have to cater to the needs of drivers on the verge of road rage?

I can tell you this but you’re not going to like it: traffic calming like the Ct Ave plan ARE the way we “rethink how we do transportation” so the design of the road requires safer driving, rather than leaving it up to the individual whims of apparently extremely angry drivers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The city has slashed the number of open street events. There’s only two this year. Last year there was at least a half dozen. The city is getting the message that the public does not want this.

Remember “Safe Streets”? The city had a program a few years ago where they permanently closed streets across the city to all-but-local traffic so that we could “reimagine how streets might be used.” Yeah, people hated it and the city unceremoniously canceled it. Hopefully open streets will go the way of safe streets

That was never intended to be permanent, it was an experiment in the middle of the pandemic when large numbers of people were working from home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city has slashed the number of open street events. There’s only two this year. Last year there was at least a half dozen. The city is getting the message that the public does not want this.

Remember “Safe Streets”? The city had a program a few years ago where they permanently closed streets across the city to all-but-local traffic so that we could “reimagine how streets might be used.” Yeah, people hated it and the city unceremoniously canceled it. Hopefully open streets will go the way of safe streets

Yeah and now a$$holes are constantly racing through the neighborhood, running red lights, not paying attention for pedestrians on turns.

That started because of open streets?? Where in the world have you been!? That has been going on for decades. Open streets are a way for pedestrians to now finally travel and enjoy themselves without getting hit by those a$$hole drivers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And people in cars are like, no thanks

No, mostly just you.

The city has been relentlessly promoting bike lanes for 15 years and yet hardly anyone uses them. I’m sorry your anti-car agenda is so unpopular. If you want to get people out of cars, un-suck the subway. That would actually make a difference.

Plenty of people use the bike lanes! You just don't see them stopped in the middle of the road like cars so you never notice.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

mess?

Everyone hates it? Sp that's why thousands of people turned out for each event?

God you people on here watched a man called otto and had a giant hard on for Tom hanks character actions.

Thousands? Let’s at least be honest here. It’s the same 500-750 people at each event. Primarily a mix of ANC commissioners and other political hacks, adult bike fetishists, and aging hippies who get to escape their apartments for a few hours to be around their “community” and troll for free handouts from businesses that were cajoled into participating but quickly realize it’s a total waste of time. Not to mention that this is a complete waste of police resources.

A significant chunk of the people attending the one in our ward are cops standing around looking at their phones

And the few participants who turn out are all white people.

White people love Open Streets. They were initially going to call it “White Fest” but fortunately thought better of it

True fact: black people hate block parties.

I love you immediate PP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

The way to fight climate change, or at least one of the ways, is to make it safe, comfortable, and convenient for people to go places without a car. You should try it some time!

None of this makes any difference whatsoever to climate change. It’s not even a rounding error.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

The way to fight climate change, or at least one of the ways, is to make it safe, comfortable, and convenient for people to go places without a car. You should try it some time!

All these empty bikes lanes suggest this approach has failed.

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

The way to fight climate change, or at least one of the ways, is to make it safe, comfortable, and convenient for people to go places without a car. You should try it some time!

All these empty bikes lanes suggest this approach has failed.

Please go get your vision checked.