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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The vast majority of people in DC drives cars. A very small number of people in DC ride bikes and use other types of transportation. That's the proportion we should use in divvying up the roads. No one is more important than anyone else. [/quote]

Plenty of people in DC walk, and take public transportation, and do things besides driving for every trip.

Not to mention, he isn’t just for DC.[/quote]

There's 350,000 cars registered in DC. That's at least 500,000 who rely on a car. How many people ride bikes in DC? Probably fewer than 1,000 people. [/quote]

"Having a car" and "relying on a car" are not synonyms.

There is no reason a car-owner can't also use their feet, a bicycle, a bus, or the subway for their transportation, and plenty do.

As for bikes, there were 100,071 trips just on Capital Bikeshare bikes, just in January 2021.[/quote]

We're switching to trips now? That's apples and oranges. I drive my car at least twice a day. Assuming I'm a typical car owner, those 350,000 cars would translate to 22 MILLION trips in January. And there's surely a lot more than 350,000 cars in DC. Many aren't registered because the city charges an arm and a leg to register your car. [/quote]

Are you saying that less than 1000 people made 100,071 trips plus whatever trips were made by people who owned or borrowed bikes?  So, the average person who ever rides a bike made 4 trips a day?  [/quote]

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