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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious, how’s Oregon Ave NW? Packed?[/quote]

It's not, and never is. This is just more NIMBY hysteria.[/quote]

People don’t take Oregon Ave because you need to be familiar with DC. Most are commuting in and just take 16th. I hope that more folks discover Oregon and fill up the other side so 16th St becomes lighter.[/quote]

Traffic on 16th won't become lighter. Volumes on 16th will progressively grow worse over time. Soc on Oregon, Blagden, and Broad Branch. Eventually, NPS will reverse this decision. It's only a matter of time.[/quote]

Or we provide bus lanes to move a lot of people downtown during rush hour.  There's just no way to build enough roads.  We end up like LA and that's not a good idea.  Also you still have traffic.[/quote]

People with cars won't take the bus[/quote]

This is BS.  I have a car, but I almost never take it downtown.  Traffic sucks and parking is expensive.  Instead, I ride metro, bus, or my bike.  The only long-term solution to traffic is for people to stop regularly commuting by car.[/quote]

Then we should be focusing on mass transit.  [b]Not single person niche fads.[/b]  Reducing capacity does not solve the population growth problem it makes it worse.[/quote]

Cars do not comprise a "single person niche fad." Are you really that dense or out of touch?[/quote]

There's more than 300,000 cars in D.C. There's more cars than households. I don't understand why we're ruining traffic because a few hundred Bernie Bros are really into bikes. [/quote]

Yeah, bikes are what caused traffic in the region.  That's why 295 and 395 get backed up and the beltway is a hellhole.  You might be huffing too much of your own fumes.[/quote]

Look at what's happened to downtown. [/quote]

Specifically?[/quote]

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