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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bike lobby obtained signatures from people who are not even Alexandria residents and accept financial support from Lyft and scooter companies, which is so disingenuous, sketchy and really wrong.

The city received financial grants for every bike lane it puts in. Justin Wilson who is always glued to his phone and posts about every minor part of his day has been dead silent on his decision.

We’ve been trying to get speed bumps here in Rosemont to help with speeding traffic that has gotten exponentially worse since those bike lanes were put in on King. City won’t listen to us for years.  But bike lobby asks in a matter of months for a street to be reconfigured and no problem they get it, over objection of neighbors and objection of the city’s own transportation board.  Disgusting. [/quote]

1.  The 1200 signatures on the pro Option 3 petition were all from Alexandria residents.   The petition had addresses. Ask CM Jackson (who voted to keep 4 lanes) if there are any non residents on that petition.  They were collected in large part by one individual who does not ride a bike.

2. The pro change side did not receive a penny from any scooter company. ONE scooter company (Lime) asked their users in the City to support Option 3. Which seems reasonable, since scooter riders would be able to use bike lanes and would benefit from them (and this would get them off the sidewalk)

3. I do not know what you are talking about in terms of grants. Citation please?

4. Anyone checking traffic on Google can easily see that traffic in Rosemont is generall fine most of the time.  Except for one intersection which is beyond the point where the King Street bike lanes end.

5. It took a year and half to do this, and its a very short section of road.   And the Transportation Commission supported it - the Traffic and Parking Board was split. 
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