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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why will it be a good thing for drivers that bikes will now just take the while travel lane to ride this making everyone behind them slow to a crawl? How is that better than a dedicated bike lane? [/quote]

[b]Its not exactly clear to me, but drivers probably think bike riders will either cease to exist or get in a car instead if there are no bike lanes. [/b]Why drivers want more cars on the road with them continues to confound me, so I'm guessing they think they just poof out of existence.

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It's not exactly clear to me, but bike riders seem to think that drivers will either cease to exist or get on a bike instead if we just keep adding to the more than 150 miles of bike lanes DC already has. [/quote]

No, bike riders simply want to not die on the streets. Also, bonus, if it is safe to ride, then others who are not as fearless as those who ride currently, may give it a shot, and[b] that opens up driving lanes and parking spaces for the people who want to,[/b] or have no choice but to drive.[/quote]

This idea that expanding bikes lanes pulls cars off the streets is completely nonsense. Cars are expensive to own and extremely convenient, and I'd like to see the evidence that expanding bike lanes means fewer cars on the streets. If anything, bike lanes are probably pulling people out of public transportation. Whatever the case, the effect is surely small because there's so few cyclists in this city to begin with. [/quote]

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