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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's time to make Connecticut avenue a grand boulevard that works for people living, working and being around it. Not the cars that drive through.[/quote]

Right.  More drive-through traffic can go on Porter Street or Reno Road.   :shock: [/quote]

DDOT proposed 24/7 parking on CT Ave. That would push more "cut through" traffic than Concept C.

Frumin is trying to avoid that.[/quote]

Yeah, if your main objection to the bike lanes was that they would slow traffic on CT or force more cars off it to neighboring streets, you should not want parking, either. Bike lanes are a better choice [i]from a driver's perspective[/i] than parking, because at least they also keep bikes out of the traffic lanes. [/quote]

There are only 2 dozen bikes a day on Connecticut.  [/quote]

Not sure how you could possibly know that, but either way, you're better off with a bike lane that only 24 people use than you are with 24-hour-a-day parking on both sides of the street, which takes up more space than the bike lane would.[/quote]

And eliminating parking on Connecticut will hurt the businesses there, from dry cleaners to restaurants.
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Do you people really drive and park in front of the business you are going to on CT ave?[/quote]

Seems like that would seriously limit the number of customers who can patronize the business, especially if the business owner also wants to park there.[/quote]

The studies done by DDOT and the Cleveland Park Main Street showed that over 85% of the retail patrons walk or bike to the commercial areas.[/quote]

Who conducted the survey/study for Main Street?[/quote]

I assume the Main Street. Do you have a better or more recent study?[/quote]

Main St is one person.  Presumably they had someone with survey experience do it.[/quote]

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