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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bike lanes on Arizona Avenue seem purely punitive on Virginia drivers.  My fellow DC neighbors hate them because they’ve pushed traffic into the neighborhoods.   The Connecticut Ave residents were smart to fight that proposal.  [/quote]

Punitive for Virginia drivers?

Arizona Ave is a residential street. The elected neighborhood commission voted to support the bike lanes unanimously.

DC transportation policy should prioritize the safety of local residents, not the convenience of suburban commuters.[/quote]

Around 40% of DCs total property tax revenue is from office buildings.  Commuters account for more than 10% of all sales tax revenue. Good luck funding the local government without considering the needs of office workers and commuters. The office worker commuters contribute significantly to the DC tax revenue base and they use hardly any local government resources. [/quote]

I'm a D.C. office worker and I doubt I contribute significantly to the city's tax base aside from my D.C. income tax. Are the sales taxes on my $15 salads really what's keeping the city running?[/quote]

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