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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]
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?[/quote]

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. [/quote]
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?[/quote]

It is the mayor's plan to continue to house the unhoused and low  income people in the buildings along Connecticut Ave.  They have no cars and the types of stores they frequent will replace what is currently there.  The 30 year long shop owner is the beginning of the exodus.  Look for payday loan stores, cannabis stores, low end convenience stores and carry outs.  [/quote]
That’s too conspiratorial. The plan, if there is one, is to use transportation policy to reward developers who made big new investments. They are trying to encourage affluent young people to move to Navy Yard or City Ridge by making transportation around upper CT avenue more difficult. Seniors probably won’t care too much and maybe they will get more seniors to move into Cleveland Park and Van Ness as a result. The number of senior homes in that area, which are already a lot, could grow substantially. If you’re a family though, forget about it. [/quote]

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