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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the theory was that if we build it, they will come. The number of riders seems to be shrinking even as the number of lanes increases. [/quote]
Still haven’t heard a good response to this.

I hear a bunch of nonsense stories that claim non-quantifiable non work trips are increasing or pointing to CaBi numbers as some sort of vindication. The problem for those people is that the actual data doesn’t support them.

DDOT has bike counters and they are pretty clear about what’s going on regardless of type of bike, purpose of trip or time of day. 
https://ddot.dc.gov/page/dc-automated-bicycle-and-pedestrian-counters

People are using Maine Avenue and the Anacostia River Trail a lot. This is likely because the Wharf is not really Metro accessible and it’s probably easier to get out of a Nats game on a bike than by Metro or car. And also because people are enjoying some weekend recreation.

What people are not doing is biking around the rest of the city in any significant numbers. And we know the numbers around the city have to be even worse than you can imagine because they actually removed the counter from the vaunted 15th street cycle track and added more counters along Rock Creek to track more recreational users.

I’m not sure why this is an issue brings out so many liars, but it does. [/quote]

DDOTs counters have serious flaws, the most obvious being they don't exist/work in places that are actually used like the MBT. This should be 101 level work from DDOT, but it is what it is. [/quote]
They used to have a counter on the MBAT but removed it. Why do you think they would do that? Is DDOT trying to perpetuate a conspiracy to keep the real data from the public? [/quote]

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