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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care if she hasn't lived her forever.

What I do care about is her video is a bunch of fluff and says absolutely nothing about what results she hopes to achieve. But I will guess it's the same nonsense that Wilson touted.

Here are some results I would like to see:
Road improvements - [b]widening highly traveled corridors [/b]and fixing and maintain large pot holes on City streets.

No more discussion of bike lanes on major streets or how people will bike if there are more lanes. No, they won't. A lot of commuting goes through the City to get to highways and no one is riding their bike on those.

Parking at the metro stations - want people to take public transportation to DC? Add in a parking structure. Taking the bus to the metro adds too much time to the commute and people don't do it unless they are desperate.

Pedestrian friendly Old Town and Del Ray - need to reframe the understanding of "pedestrian friendly" - people want those locations to be like that when they get there. They might even ride bikes in that are if they could. But the reality is people still have to drive and park in these locations so again put in parking structures and then the areas become more pedestrian friendly bc people are cramming the streets trying to find parking.

Schools - build a second high school.

also, I don't know if we need to look to the City's past for guidance. The City did a lot of dumb things in the past. Better to start from now and go forward.

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1) there isn't space to widen
[b]2) please name ANY road where widening improved the flow of cars.[/b]

Because Alexandria is generally space constricted, it is imperative to have bike lanes, to encourage people who can, to ride, so it frees up space for cars for those who can't ride. You can't build your way out of being a car sewer.[/quote]

Easy. All HOV lanes.[/quote]

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