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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I don't agree with the image, I do think that the people who are opposing the bike lanes are basically telling a sizable percentage of their neighbors that they don't care if there is safe access to neigborhood amenities.

Maybe the "opposition" should take a look in the mirror and understand what would prompt people to display such anger.[/quote]

I think the opposition wants to meet in the middle: increased traffic enforcement, HAWKs, dedicated bus lanes, better bike amenities at Metro stations.   The bike crowd wants it all. [/quote]

They only started playing the bus card in the past three weeks because the "save the parking" card wasn't working anymore.[/quote]

Or, in the real world, bus service on Connecticut will get significantly worse and people who rely more on buses than bicycles are worried about it. DDOT's representative just last week admitted that it's basically throwing the L2 into the trash heap by rebranding Connecticut from the CC circle to Van Ness as a "bicycle priority corridor" instead of a "bus priority corridor."

Did that ever cross your mind?[/quote]

Why do people keep repeating that bus service on CT Ave is going to get worse under Concept C when it is not true?

Why do you even believe that?

Buses will no longer have to pull in and out of traffic to get to their bus stops which is going to be a huge operational improvement for the buses.

Also a lot of bus stops are being moved to better locations, in particular further from intersections which puts them perpetually in conflict with turning cars.

What is so frustrating about the debate about Connecticut Avenue is how ignorant all of the folks in opposition are to everything - the process, the data, the baselines, the purpose, the proposals etc.

It is just a bunch of entitled drivers flailing around worried about losing free parking while feigning concern about bus service they have never even once taken advantage of and businesses they have no stake in or information about.[/quote]

During rush hour, 3 lanes of car traffic will become two lanes of car traffic. Buses travel in those lanes. It's not rocket science to know that the L2 will be significantly slowed by this.

I don't own a car. I ride the L2 every weekday. But please, inform me further how I'm "entitled" because I don't want my commute to get worse.[/quote]

If you are unable or unwilling to travel by bicycle you, there are many other parts of the city that has express bus service.  You may feel more comfortable there. [/quote]

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