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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the same time they are pushing to get rid of a significant amount of the bus service in the same area - re: the 96 and the L2.  Buses are much more accessible to many people than the metro and  bike lanes and should not be cut back [/quote]

There is so much overlap with metrorail on this corridor that cutting the bus service actually makes sense. [/quote]

So bikes can't ride on side streets and then double back on to CT Ave to do their shopping (there are tons of posts about how bikes must have a straight shot and bike lanes all the way along their preferred routes), but old people, disabled, people with little kids etc.. need to get themselves multiple blocks to the metro stops and up and down the escalators v.s the bus stops which are much more frequent and user friendly for groups that arent' fleet footed.[/quote]

I'm pro-bike lane but agree with you that cutting bus service would be a mistake. However, to be clear, the posts don't say bikes "must have a straight shot"; they typically say riding in Rock Creek Park is a bad alternative to riding on Connecticut. If you wanted to put protected bike lanes on, say, Porter instead of CT, I'd be all for it, going a couple of blocks out of the way is nothing like going half a mile downhill out of the way (and then ending up in Georgetown instead of downtown).[/quote]

Porter is perpendicular, not parallel, to Connectcut Ave. So that really isn't a replacement.[/quote]

Right, sorry, meant to type Reno. Porter already has a bike lane (and a steep grade).[/quote]

Reno isn't wide enough for bike lanes given the neighborhoods desire for turn lanes, so no, not happening. That is why Connecticut Avenue is the best north-south route for bike lanes in upper NW.  DDOT already studied this, no matter how much the interim director, who has no transportation expertise, wants to claim otherwise.[/quote]

There is no “neighborhood desire” for turn lanes.  In fact, people have questioned having then at every intersection because they take up space that could be used for other purposes - perhaps a bike lane, street parking, or wider sidewalks — and encourage more cut through traffic on side streets. [/quote]

Uh, the community fought hard for those turn lanes for the better part of 20 years. Maybe check with some of your older neighbors before you spout off about a part of neighborhood history you know nothing about.[/quote]

The neighborhoods fought to eliminate a reversible traffic lane, which presented a safety challenge just like the former reversible lane on Conn Ave.  [b]Most of Reno Rd doesn’t have turn lanes.[[/b]/quote]

Every single intersection from Cleveland Ave to Fessenden Street has turn lanes.

Would you like to revise that false statement?[/quote]

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