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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with having no density, like Atlanta, Miami, LA, is TRAFFIC DISASTER.

That's why DC's traffic is terrible - we've expanded OUT of DC. We just can't move out past Loudon and keep building more sprawl housing. Unless you want everyone who's not rich or old to have hateful, numbing commutes.

And the DC is filled with smart talented people, which makes other smart talented people want to move here.  So the answer can't be "no more people in DC".  Let's do what the Europeans do, adopting their best ideas. Before they beat us as America's economy sinks into the mud because we've destroyed our world-leading talent economy.  (That's already happening in Silicon Valley and Seattle – because we have crappy land use policies, jobs are moving to Vancouver and other parts of Canada.)[/quote]
The worst traffic in the region is on the highways, not the city. The American Legion Bridge, the Springfield Mixing Bowl, etc. By comparison, traffic inside the beltway is calm and relatively easy. During rush hour it’s only 25 minutes from downtown Bethesda to the White House. Even faster from Ballston. [/quote]

Wisconsin, Connecticut, and 16th Street traffic is also insanity.  It's almost faster to bike from Bethesda to Georgetown than to drive.

And that's with a US top-5 public transit system serving the Bethesda-to-DC corridor.  Before COVID that commute, train and car, was bursting at the seams.[/quote]
The fastest route would be to take the Clara Barton Parkway. Second fastest is to take Mass Ave to the Dalecarlia Parkway to MacArthur. Third fastest route is to take Mass Ave to Wisconsin. After that you should take Reno/34th to National Cathedral or Naval Observatory and then cut back to Wisconsin. Last is just to go straight down Wisconsin. It’s actually not the volume of cars on Wisconsin that is the problem, it’s all the streetlights.  Or you could just use Waze.

But yeah, it’s really not what you think it is and not that hard to do efficiently. It’s certainly faster to drive to Georgetown from Bethesda than to take transit. [/quote]

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