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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just not interested in your digital Amish lifestyle.  Transportation is supposed to reduce the time distance and create connections between disparate geographic areas not increase time distance and separation.[/quote]

You should look up some estimates for driving vs biking times around this city. My bike commute is actually faster than a driving commute would be[/quote]

There's more to this region than just DC[/quote]

There is, but this discussion is about bike lanes in DC.[/quote]

And Connecticut is one of the main routes connecting DC to the broader region [/quote]

Which is exactly why Connecticut, and all the other streets in DC like Connecticut, need bike lanes.[/quote]

What about putting bike lanes on a dedicated part of the wide sidewalk, like in Europe? Thus no traffic lane impact on Connecticut and a lessened parking impact.  Some space for outside cafe tables might be affected at the margins.  Wouldn’t that be a way to address most needs?[/quote]

That's a great idea. Convert the outside curb lanes to sidewalk-level bike lanes. I'm all for it.[/quote]

You misunderstand.  Don’t narrow the arterial and constrain traffic carrying capacity but put painted bike lanes on the outer sidewalks like in Germany.  Aren’t bike lanes more important than a few outside bar tables?[/quote]

There is only so much public space. As it is, there are sidewalks, and then 6 lanes for cars. Bikes can use either.

What concept C envisioned is parking on one side 24/7, bike lanes in each direction, two through lanes at each intersection (because of the addition of left turn lanes) with then 5 full lanes for cars and the same amount of space as is currently for pedestrians, but without the pressure of bikes and scooters on the sidewalks.

Seemed like a reasonable solution. Certainly better than the one DDOT has proposed that has 24/7 parking on both sides of Connecticut Avenue at all times, which inhibits through traffic for cars and no space for cyclists, which means cyclists will just take a full lane as they can legally do to avoid being "doored" and then watch the car throughput drop radically.[/quote]

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