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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meanwhile bus services, which I would argue are used by far more people than bike lanes, are being scorched in DC. I get it that fewer people are taking mass transit and changes are needed, but the proposed changes are grim for neighborhoods not close to metro. Bike lanes just can’t work for many, including senior citizens, people mobility impaired. A holistic approach is really needed. [/quote]

good news! the venn diagram between bike lane supporters and bus supporters is a circle. there is no bike advocate that does not support bus improvements. you just hear less about it because generally people are not insanely and irrationally triggered by buses, so DDOTs improvements to bus corridors (bumpouts etc) attract little attention. Sometimes some people whine about a lost parking spot or two but generally the plans go through. [/quote]

Liar liar pants on fire.  K street would like a word.[/quote]

False.  The K St redesign was hastily upended, and as a result, the Council shifted the K St budget to other bus services, such as overnight buses and the Circulator:  https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/06/05/dc-transportation-budget-metro

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LOL. WABA lists getting Charles Allen to drop funding for the K St Transitway as one of their accomplishments.  
https://waba.org/blog/2023/04/we-made-major-progress-in-the-fy24-d-c-budget/[/quote]

Dang, talk about lying.  The top bullet is:

"The Mayor’s budget included no funds for Metro for DC— and now the Council changed the FY24 budget to include funding to start our free bus system in Washington, DC."

As much as you love a new talking point, K St does not show that bike people are against buses.  It shows that they redirected funds to *other* bus projects while continuing to hope for a preferred design for K St. It's an absolute baldfaced lie to claim WABA advocated against bus funding.

So now I await your latest ridiculous arguments. Maybe it's that "bike bros" are hanging out in the Comet Ping Pong basement, and a protected bike lane is a way to get them there faster? [/quote]

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