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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Open Streets caused massive traffic jams throughout Petworth, [b]inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of people.[/b] But, hey, 50 bicyclists got to ride their bikes down the middle of the street![/quote]

I doubt that![/quote]

NP.  Okay[b] so maybe not hundreds of thousand[/b]s but it certainly made trying to go north on 13th, 14th or 16th a nightmare today.  Can't speak for the other streets.  Maybe no parking on 16th streets when they do this?  Or come up with other traffic patterns to help? [/quote]

Easily hundreds of thousands. There's probably 50,000 people who live in Petworth. There's probably 35,000 in Brightwood. Those are just the neighborhoods immediately affected. Now think of everyone, on a Saturday, trying to get anywhere between Silver Spring and downtown DC. And all the people trying to go EOTP to WOTP. Georgia avenue is a major artery and closing it shunts an enormous amount of traffic onto side streets that were never designed to accommodate so many cars. [/quote]

Meh, I live in Brightwood; I saw signs about open streets for months prior - I used 16th street and got to WOTP just fine. I also enjoyed out walking trip to GA avenue and hope this becomes an annual event! Agree about parking restrictions on 16th street though, the weekend always slows NB traffic down so might help to keep things moving.[/quote]

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