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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think having 4 lanes down CT is about driving faster, it is about traffic moving smoothly, fewer bottlenecks making commutes shorter.  I live in DC and would hate this lane change proposal.  Accidents whether the lanes change or not will never be zero.[/quote]

The reversible lanes ARE dangerous, and I say that as someone who relies on them. But you don't have to get rid of them to make it safer: just provide MUCH better signage and lighting to clarify the traffic pattern, and enforce penalties for those who ride in the wrong lane. I've been doing this commute for 15 years, and a small but sizeable proportion of the people who are riding in the "wrong" lane actually know what they're doing and are just trying to get a jump on traffic. I doubt DC residents are going to be much happier with the chaos that would emerge if the 3/3 split was maintained 24/7 - drivers will find alternative routes through neighborhoods as well as Beach Drive/Rock Creek Parkway. Not exactly good for bikers either. [/quote]

Connecticut really doesn't need 4 lanes - even in Montgomery County which is where almost all of traffic is coming from it is only 3 lanes.

And there is so much illegal parking in the curbside lane and illegal left hand turns during rush hour that most of the time you only have 2 continuous lanes of traffic flowing.

But DC should not be making decisions about roadway design to accommodate Maryland commuters.

If reducing lanes on Connecticut pushes more cars to residential side streets (which I doubt will happen because commuters long ago discovered the parallel roads that actually work) then DC residents will rightfully get DDOT to clamp down on the traffic flow on the side streets though most are already barely wide enough for 2 way traffic and have stop signs on every corner.

It would be great if CT Ave were a grand avenue with bus and bike lanes rather than a traffic sewer for aggressive suburbanites.[/quote]

OK, so no one who lives outside DC is permitted to drive through DC streets? Good luck with that. Like it or not, DDOT has to accommodate traffic patterns irrespective of the origin of the drivers, as do the relevant authorities in MoCo, PG, and NoVa.[/quote]

By that logic, we should raze neighborhoods to accommodate new highways for you to drive into our city.  Good luck with that.  In the meantime, we’ll make roadway decisions that best suit us.  You’re welcome to collaborate with us on improving metro but you will need to pay your share.[/quote]

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