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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who hate cars don’t seem to realize that they’re in the extreme minority.

The vast majority of people in DC have cars. And most people who don’t have cars don’t have them for non-car-hating reasons.

The only people who seem to hate cars are a very small number of young, able-bodied white people with apparently minimal responsibilities who want to impose their views on everyone else.[/quote]

Yeah, somebody said that already, and it's just as incorrect this time as the last time.[/quote]

There’s 400,000 cars registered in DC. Probably plenty more that aren’t registered. Most people here have cars.[/quote]

Most people in a technical 50% way, sure, but over a third of occupied DC housing units don't have an available car. Another 44% have only one car, which in a household of more than one person means someone is often getting around without a car. This is supported by the commuting data, with less than 40% of DC residents commuting by car. (All data from the ACS)

Efforts to shift the balance of how public space is used in favor of uses other than private cars isn't a niche interest in DC.[/quote]

Hold on...because a family of four only has one car you are somehow making that stat fit your "DC residents don't want cars theory?"

Put me in the camp of "Why can't we have both cars and slow streets"

Why are we so stupid that we cannot handle both realities?

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I never said anyone "didn't want cars." I said that a family of four (presuming at least two adults) with only one car is ALSO going to rely on non-car modes of transport. Either because different people need to go different places or because the car is in the shop. I'm in a three person family with one car; the reality is that I often rely on walking and public transit. Prioritizing cars exclusively is bad for me even though I own a car.

I don't think we disagree. Cars aren't going anywhere, but we can share the space with them more. I'm a driver but I support Slow Streets.[/quote]

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