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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The idea that I am going to bike to the small businesses along CT Avenue is absurd.  In a funny way, adding bike lanes will benefit suburban malls (which I historically have tried to avoid) as one can drive and park and do multiple errands.  [/quote]

A lot of DC stores rely on foot traffic. Bike lanes are one way to calm traffic so pedestrians are more likely to shop locally. [/quote]

+1. I live near CT Ave and definitely will use local business more once it it easier to cross the street. Makes it much easier to pop into businesses if I can actually cross the street and not worry about getting hit by drivers.  I highly doubt most commuters are stopping halfway through their commute to patronize DC businesses. I am much more likely to stop at a local business when I am walking than when I am driving

This is long overdue- DC has catered to people
Driving for far too long with the design of Connecticut - it is basically a death trap speedway through residential areas[/quote]

Nonsense.  I likewise live near CT Ave and regularly cross it for a wide variety of reasons.  Have had no issues.  Turning lanes into bike lanes will simply drive cars into the residential neighborhoods, which is far more dangerous to pedestrians than CT Ave.  And no business on CT Ave relies solely on residents within easy walking distance.  All of those businesses depend in part on drivers who park nearby and access the business.  If accessing these businesses (particularly on Upper Avenue) becomes too difficult, then residents will simply use the Maryland based businesses.   And, of course, given DC's dependence on white collar workers, and given that most can work from home at least several days a week, DC will simply encourage suburbanites to work from home even more.  Why hassle with the drive and parking?  Downtown businesses and restaurans then lose out.  And eventually some of those businesses will leave DC, though some may retain a DC mailing address.

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Nonsense - almost all of the pedestrian fatalities in DC happen on the major roads including 3 in the past 6 months on Upper Connecticut.  Which isn't a surprise because that is where all the traffic and pedestrians are and the roads are also engineered for much higher speeds.

And what until you see all of the protected bike lanes that are being put in in downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring.
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Driving and parking should be a hassle - it is better for everyone if we do less of it and the DC neighborhoods where those things are most difficult are also its most vibrant.[/b][/quote]

Ha! This is such lunacy. This is how you strangle a city. Make it impossible for people to move around. This will just Balkanize the city. People won't leave their little neighborhoods because it will be too much hassle or they'll flow into areas where it's easier to get around. [/quote]

DC has been anti car since the 90s  (side note that's when they started being anti kid/family as well) and the city hasn't strangled itself

DC is weird because many parts of the"city limits" are SFH neighborhoods including most of upper NW.  To that end it doesn't make sense to do urban design in a suburban area.
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