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[quote=Anonymous]Is there a place to go that would allow people to express themselves as being for this Conn Ave (or other pedestrian and bike lane and bus lane) projects?  Almost every week I see a tweet or post somewhere about a driver hitting someone (sometimes killing them) or flipping over a car somehow on streets that are marked as 20 or 25mph limits.  There seems to be an awful lot of energy and coordination by groups who just want to keep things the same.  Is there a counter group who is positioned best to coordinate and consolidate residents opinions and stories for actual positive change?

Ultimately everyone who is commuting just wants to get from point a to point b in as fast and cheap and convenient manner as they can.  I feel like they should also be entitled to safety for that trip and provides with appropriate infrastructure. And given the facts of climate change, that infrastructure should be veering away from subsidizing single car drivers and instead encouraging public transportation or non-car private transportation.  Bills like the metro subsidy help with this.  Bike lanes help with this.  Bus lanes like on 14th Street help with this.  Restricting most right hand turns on red help with this.  Installing raised items like crosswalks around schools help with this

I hope the city officials don't get the wrong idea from what seems like a few very irritated and coordinated groups that all of those ideas are bad.[/quote]

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