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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly support metro and use it to commute.

The problem with bike and bus lanes is taking away lanes from already congested streets. People are still going to drive. We need solutions that are less zero-sum.[/quote]

This is a nonsensical argument usually made by people who want public infrastructure to serving them exclusively and not the greater interest. Most people in the DMV have options - driving the whole way, park-and-ride, bike-and-ride, walk-and-ride, work from home - when it comes to their mode of commuting. The relative attractiveness of the various options in terms of time, cost, and safety dictates their choice. People also have a choice as to where to live. A congested commute causes people to live closer to their work and drives a demand for density. I love to live in Frederick or Annapolis, for instance. I don't because there isn't reliable public transportation to either place and I don't want to deal with the traffic on that commute.[/quote]

It isn't nonsense. It's very predictable ot those who live in the neighborhood along the proposed route.[/quote]

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