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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want to support bikers and alternative methods of transportation, but the infrastructure is inadequate to do this safely and bikers want it both ways - obey the traffic laws when it’s in their interest and not when it’s not. Bikers traveling quickly alongside cars, darting out between cars, and not obeying road signs is anxiety provoking. Also, sometimes I just do not see them. If bikers are in the countryside on a heavily traveled road, like Georgetown Pike, they’re taking their lives in their hands. People don’t want to travel the Pike at 15mph and going around them can be treacherous and unreasonable with high traffic levels. Again, I want to support bikers, but I find that their presence on roadways is anxiety-provoking and oftentimes dangerous. [/quote]

This. Is. Why. They. Want. Protected. Lanes. [/quote]

For the dozen bikers each morning?

Why not create a path via side streets closed to commuters? [/quote]

Having seen this play out in a few instances, the honest answer to your question is that, whenever bike lanes along the side streets more often than not requires the removal of residential parking spots. For most neighborhoods in DC, this is a third rail. The political opposition becomes almost impossible for DDOT to overcome. Installing bike lanes along mixed zones like Connecticut Ave is actually a lot easier politically for DDOT. Despite the protestations of the MD commuter class, they don't vote in DC elections.[/quote]

You are acting as if dc residents don’t drive to work. They do. [/quote]

A minority of DC commuters drive to work. Check the census stats on this.[/quote]

The majority of DC commuters who live along upper Connecticut and will be most impacted by removing vehicle lanes DRIVE to work.  Check out DCDOT data on this.

The childless 27 year olds living in the milennial dormitories in Shaw and NOMA do love their scooters and e-bikes and don't drive, it's true. Their habits shouldn't dictate the entire city's transportation policy. If they are too afraid to rent a scooter to visit Comet Pizza, I'd like to suggest this thingy called "the subway."  [/quote]

People who don’t live in DC shouldn’t be dictating “the entire city’s transportation policy” either. But of course it’d be ridiculous to suggest anyway that dedicating a tenth of roadway space on a single road to enable the 10 percent of commuters who use bikes or other mobility devices to get around constitutes “the entire city’s transportation policy”. When DC is dedicating as much roadway space to bikes as it does to cars, feel free to come back and make that claim. In the meantime, please stop making yourself look ridiculous.[/quote]

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