#JustinsTrafficJam

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I ride the lanes on King Street. Yes only on weekends, because its not on my way to work. Whenever I ride there is see others riding in them. I also regularly see runners using them. I also see more people walking on the sidewalk than I used to, probably because the added buffer makes walkers feel safer. I also find it more pleasant to drive on than it used to be. And I know people who do use it on weekdays.

So you are the lone bicyclist who made the commutes of hundreds longer and more frustrating and it difficult fir me to back my car onto King St.
I don’t know how long you have lived on King St but people walked before the bike lanes, particularly on the weekends.

Bike lanes could have been added to both King and Seminary while still retaining the four lanes of traffic. Simply paint a bicycle decal on one lane if traffic as is fine throughout the city.

King street works fine, plenty of people who live there have agreed it does and some testified in support of change on Seminary. People have noted there is more walking there as well. There are fewer crashes. And more bike riders than me.

And sharrows are not bike lanes and are dangerous on high speed roads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

+ infinity. actual experience is the data motherload.

anecdotes are not data. The anecdotes already conflict.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

+ infinity. actual experience is the data motherload.

anecdotes are not data. The anecdotes already conflict.

What is the conflicting anecdote?

[Anonymous]

NBC4 reporting that the city officially said it would not reconsider any changes for at least 18 months. OMFG!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NBC4 reporting that the city officially said it would not reconsider any changes for at least 18 months. OMFG!

Course not. They did spent a lot of money and can’t change it now.
Ironically, when I was crawling down Seminary tonight, two bicyclists rode by on the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NBC4 reporting that the city officially said it would not reconsider any changes for at least 18 months. OMFG!

The city's Politburo thinks that's enough time to re-engineer its citizenry...

...while "Nine Million Bicycles" plays softly in the background.

[Anonymous]

Justin will be recalled. The people he upset have the professional acumen to accomplish this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

Irony is dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Justin will be recalled. The people he upset have the professional acumen to accomplish this.

The whole West End wishes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Justin will be recalled. The people he upset have the professional acumen to accomplish this.

The whole West End wishes.

Even if he's not recalled, he's done outside of Alexandria. He can dodge responsibility here where any jackass with a D behind their name can become Mayor, but anything on a larger stage he will be eviscerated for his obfuscation, implementation, and mishandling of this entire joke.

He made a massive problem where none existed before and he's a so called transportation professional.

It's pathetic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

+ infinity. actual experience is the data motherload.

anecdotes are not data. The anecdotes already conflict.

What is the conflicting anecdote?

People I know (both option 3 supporters and neutrals) saying the road is fine almost all the time, even most rush hours.

Did you see the NBC4 piece last night? With the traffic flowing smoothly in the background as an opponent decried massive traffic jams?

[Anonymous]

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People I know (both option 3 supporters and neutrals) saying the road is fine almost all the time, even most rush hours.

Did you see the NBC4 piece last night? With the traffic flowing smoothly in the background as an opponent decried massive traffic jams?

People are much more likely to remember that one time they were driving in a terrible traffic jam, vs. those 50 times they were driving and nothing notable happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

Irony is dead.

Not if you believe that the plural of anecdote is data.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The term “road diet” is such PR BS.

“Road Chokehold” is more appropriate.

I agree. I prefer "safer streets for everyone."

Sanctimonious Street is quite unsafe

I'll wait for the actual data. This ain't it.

I prefer experience over data. Data can be manipulated as was done throughout the process. I experience the delays on both Seminary and Janneys Lane daily. They were not there before the road diet. To avoid them, I take Howard to Braddock and Quaker back to Trinity, which is fast becoming a cut through. Wait until those rich people start complaining.

+ infinity. actual experience is the data motherload.

anecdotes are not data. The anecdotes already conflict.

What is the conflicting anecdote?

People I know (both option 3 supporters and neutrals) saying the road is fine almost all the time, even most rush hours.

Did you see the NBC4 piece last night? With the traffic flowing smoothly in the background as an opponent decried massive traffic jams?

It's not that the traffic flows smoothly but how long it takes to get from point A to point B. Before you could pass the car in the right lane going 15 miles an hour, now there is no place to go but to follow the car.

[Anonymous]

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It's not that the traffic flows smoothly but how long it takes to get from point A to point B. Before you could pass the car in the right lane going 15 miles an hour, now there is no place to go but to follow the car.

How many hours does this add to your morning or evening trip?