All these new bike lanes that the city put in downturn during the pandemic are dumb

[Anonymous]

They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant!

gotta love the irony of bike lanes fueling sprawl

[Anonymous]

wtf are you talking about? do you think you have the right to drive 50mph downtown? No, you do not.

[Anonymous]

Huh? You’re out of your mind OP. People who like/live downtown do so BECAUSE they can get around without a car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh? You’re out of your mind OP. People who like/live downtown do so BECAUSE they can get around without a car.

exactly. I just saw the new protected lane on 4th st and am super excited for a doable bike commute to Lenfant Plaza from the Hill (once they take those dumb fences down). car commuters need to internalize that they don’t own the roads downtown and need to drive safely. if you can’t find parking or afford a garage, consider alternative means of getting downtown.

[Anonymous]

The bike lanes are great - actual residents have been asking for more and more every year. I'm glad they got them done when the city was empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant!

Just like with the minimum wage thing, the bike nuts are going to learn what the socialists learned about the center of power in this town. If there is even a suspicion that they are hurting businesses they will be taken out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant!

Just like with the minimum wage thing, the bike nuts are going to learn what the socialists learned about the center of power in this town. If there is even a suspicion that they are hurting businesses they will be taken out.

Wow. Someone's mad...this has been in the works for years. There's a reason D.C. is the #1 city in the U.S. for bikes traffic. And guess what? More foot traffic (literally) means more tourists and visitors who can take the time to shop, play, and gather at local D.C. businesses.

[Anonymous]

Oh no, OP. I’m sure local DC residents will be heartbroken that people from around the region won’t be able to zoom through the city in their cars and take up road space by parking along the sides of the road.

[Anonymous]

Bike lanes are stupid, inefficient, a waste of space and dangerous to everyone including cyclists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no, OP. I’m sure local DC residents will be heartbroken that people from around the region won’t be able to zoom through the city in their cars and take up road space by parking along the sides of the road.

+1. The tiniest violin in the world is playing a sad song for you, OP.

[Anonymous]

OP, you have it exactly wrong. The harder it is to commute in from suburbs by car, the more people will desire to live in the city or close to Metro lines. All of which is good for DC. Plus, there is a lot of demand for multi-modal transportation from District residents, and some of the noisiest people demanding this stuff are also among the city's wealthiest and more powerful. Lots of young GenX and Millenials who want big commutes from homes in Brookland, Capital Hill, and UNW, and are frustrated by limited protection. None of those people want to drive to work because traffic in the city already sucks, and why live in the city if you're going to drive everywhere? They want to be able to metro or bike, and don't care about people commuting in from Manassas in their SUVs.

Imagine -- a city designed for the people who actually live in it, who pay property and income taxes in it. I hope one day DC has enough transportation infrastructure throughout the city to ban cars in large swaths of the city as they have in Paris. And I don't even own a bike! I just want a clean city with less traffic nuisance that isn't so dangerous for me and my kids to walk around.

[Anonymous]

DH pedals his way to the office (he works by BLM Plaza) and the additional bicycle lanes have been most welcomed by him and other cyclists.

Hope we will see more bicycle lanes designated in the future!

[Anonymous]

Hate the bike lanes as well and agree less people will be coming in regularly to work downtown after having a break from the commute with pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant!

Just like with the minimum wage thing, the bike nuts are going to learn what the socialists learned about the center of power in this town. If there is even a suspicion that they are hurting businesses they will be taken out.

Every single study going back 15 years shows bike lanes actually INCREASE business. There is not a single academic study that show the contrary.

And most parking downtown is in buildings, not on the streets.