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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the title of this thread. "Bike lobby is too strong?"

Uh, how about "road safety lobby is too weak"

If people on bikes are your biggest concern, you must live in the fancy areas of NW, but the city is way bigger than your rich real estate. People driving horrifically is a far bigger issue on my side of town in northeast, I barely encounter a biker on my drive to work and they're the least of my concerns. I do encounter crappy road design and idiot drivers without a care in the world about running stop signs or red lights daily.

If DC does more to keep bikers in separate lanes, what do I care? Are you all those rich NW anti bike people who have nothing better to do than tweet from your fancy $1M+ rowhouses? Ew.[/quote]
Cyclist fatalities (regardless of cause) since 2018 have been either 2 or 3 every year. Never higher, never lower. Pedestrian fatalities are lower today than 2018.

I’m sorry but the data doesn’t back your feelings and it’s interesting what your priorities are when homicides are 110% higher than a decade ago and rising.

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DC traffic fatalities were 40 in 2022 (highest level since 2007) and 25 so far this year, but you cannot conclude they are less than 2018 (36) until the year is over. I can walk and chew gum at the same time and also be concerned about rising crime, homicides, etc. and also be concerned about zero enforcement of crappy drivers that tick me off every single darn day even when they don't kill somebody but it's a near miss. Especially when I'm a parent of kids and see DC drivers be idiots during dropoff.

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DP but I don't actually bike, just don't get the irate people who get more angry at bikers than drivers when drivers are clearly more of an issue, statistically speaking. I also enjoy driving on streets that put bikers in separate lanes as somebody who drives and not bikes, so couldn't care less if DC puts more bike lanes in - good![/quote]

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