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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The Bike Lobby is too powerful in DC."

It's not exactly true that the Bike Lobby is inherently powerful.  They actually don't represent a meaningful slice of DC voters.  It's just that they have a large megaphone, paid for by the DC taxpayers.  This enables them to lobby the Council, in concert with DDOT, the mayor's office and the builders (and loudly shout down those who oppose their plans) all on the public's dime.[/quote]

The worst thing about it is people don't even want or use the bike lanes. The number of bicyclists in this city is miniscule and transit surveys show their number is shrinking. Our government is extremely solicitous of special interest groups though and there is no organized group opposed to bike lanes. [/quote]

Plenty of people are using the bike lanes in DC. Where are you posting from? Vladivostok? [/quote]

Look at the data. It’s comical how few people ride bikes.[/quote]

Look at the bike lanes. [/quote]

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