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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're going to make traffic and parking impossible. And then what will happen? People will stop going downtown. They'll work from home more and generally do everything they can to avoid going downtown. Sorry downtown businesses! Sorry people who like their downtowns vibrant! [/quote]
Just like with the minimum wage thing, the bike nuts are going to learn what the socialists learned about the center of power in this town. If there is even a suspicion that they are hurting businesses they will be taken out. [/quote]

Wow. Someone's mad...this has been in the works for years. There's a reason D.C. is the #1 city in the U.S. for bikes traffic. And guess what? More foot traffic (literally) means more tourists and visitors who can take the time to shop, play, and gather at local D.C. businesses.[/quote]
I think you are confused. There is no anger here, just pointing out the obvious.

I'm also not sure how your math works. Bike lanes lead to more foot traffic that leads to more tourists arriving on airplanes? It makes no sense. Good luck for the average person shopping with a bike, riding away with a bag hanging from their handlebars causing friction against the front wheel. Sounds like utopia.[/quote]

You are an idiot.

Though we own a car we bike for all sorts of things including to get groceries and I hate to burst your ignorant bubble but its no big deal and biking in fact is quite nice except for all of the fumes and dangerous driving from lazy people like you.

Also people flying in from out of town (whether business travelers or tourists) don't rent cars when they come to DC - it is just the idiots like you commuting in from Olney and Herndon in their SUVs who are upset about this which is why I bet most of the people on here complaining about some of our streets being converted to non car use are lazy and entitled suburbanites - if you want a voice in this move to DC and speak up.  In the meantime your measly contribution to the DC budget in the taxes on your occasional meal in DC won't be missed at all.

Bye bye![/quote]

I love touring cities by bike.  European cities are typically pretty great for it. There's just no reasonable way to drive and park everywhere.  It's quite fun to do it by bike.[/quote]

And there is no reason we can't have that here. European cities in the 1970's were just as car-dependent as US cities. But at the oil shocks in 73 and 79, they went a different route, invested in light rail/streetcars and bike infrastructure. We didn't, until now.[/quote]

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