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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The assumption in this post is flawed:  that people are anti-bike and anti-bus.  First, few people are "anti-bike."  They just don't think putting two bike lanes down Connecticut Avenue is the best use of resources given the other competing needs in a finite space.  That leads to the second point.  If Connecticut is to be redesigned, it would be a far better tradeoff to have dedicated bus lanes than bike lanes.  Frequent, fast bus service is a more efficient user of a scarce resource -- lane capacity -- than bike lanes.  It is the only option that has the potential to meaningfully reduce private car trips.  And bus lanes would enhance a transit option that is inclusive:  for senior citizens, the less-mobile, people on fixed incomes who don't have a car, etc.[/quote]

CT Ave remains 4 lanes wide with the addition of the bike lanes. The city would be well within its rights to reserve two of those lanes for buses. But the issue with the buses is WMATA. They are cutting service, not adding it.[/quote]
The proposal is not 4 travel lanes. It’s one travel lane and a left turn lane. [/quote]

No one who lives on the intersecting side streets wants dedicated turn lanes on Connecticut Avenue.  They will become inviting off ramps for frustrated commuters in gridlocked traffic con Connecticut Avenue.  The volume and speed on vehicles on the the side streets will increase substantially.  Why make it easy for through traffic to divert to narrower streets?![/quote]

Uh, people are already turning left. This will just make it so they aren't blocking a lane at each intersection. IOW, it will allow CT Ave to flow better. But then, I can see why you would be against, that, because it undermines your argument about gridlock.[/quote]

Why does Nick want to create traffic on Connecticut Ave?  Is it because he lives downtown and doesn't care?[/quote]

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