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Well, we know what the city thinks about its small businesses, so I expect to see Connecticut narrowed down to one lane in each direction any day now with permanent bike lanes and with no street parking. In fact, DDOT will just drop the "Avenue" and rename it "Connecticut Way" or "Connecticut Lane."[/quote]

Study after study has found that bike lanes are good for small businesses.

So you can stop worrying now.[/quote]

Cite one objective study that supports your claim for the businesses along Connecticut Avenue. We're not talking about Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, or some other city with different traffic patterns.[/quote]

You want an "objective study" about the effect of bike lanes that have not yet been built yet?

Is there a reason why bike lanes would have a different effect in DC than in other cities?[/quote]

"Sure, it works in all these other cities, but it will never work here, for unspecified reasons that I will never elaborate on!"

Classic DCUM boomer logic on display.[/quote]

Those other cities are far larger with urban cores that are a lot less car-dependent. It's funny. DC is still very much a car-centric city despite what the small (but vocal) bike lobby says.

Produce a report that says how Connecticut Avenue businesses won't be negatively impacted by reduced car traffic. That's how to persuade people. You won't persuade people by simply talking in generalities or citing other studies that don't apply to DC.[/quote]

But studies don't work like that. When your doctor prescribes you statins, do you refuse to take them until he shows you a study that proved their effectiveness among balding left-handed pudgy men in their 50s who have moles above their left nipples? No, that would be absurd. You would accept the evidence that they are broadly effective and move on with your life. Bike lanes are broadly effective at making cycling safer and do not harm nearby small businesses. Study after study after study after study has shown this. Why do you refuse to believe the reams of evidence?

Besides, you're the one who is claiming that small businesses on Connecticut Avenue will be negatively impacted by a bike lane, so the burden of proof to the contrary is on you. Where are your empirical studies showing that bike lanes will harm businesses on Connecticut Avenue?[/quote]

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