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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So they announced the new scooter rules over the weekend.  The new rule is, no scooters at all on sidewalks ever.  Seems sensible, but it’s actually a ploy: with no scooters allowed on sidewalks, the city is committing itself to not only maintain the Seminary bike lane but to plant [b]more bike lanes city wide.[/b]  Justin’s hipsters win and Alexandria loses again.  
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That sounds like a win for Alexandria to me.[/quote]

Your “to me” makes the point that bike lanes are being foisted on many Alexandrians by a very few “me”[/quote]

Nah. People get to have opinions. I do, you do, everybody does.

Safe transportation infrastructure for people on bicycles is not your enemy. It's a good thing for Alexandrians who ride a bike, for Alexandrians who don't ride a bike, and for Alexandrians who would like to ride a bike if there were safe transportation infrastructure for people on bicycles.[/quote]

NP.   How many Akexandrians ride bicycles on Seminary Road? [/quote]

For people to be able to get places, there needs to be a transportation network. That's true for people who get places on bikes, too. Taking out an unconnected bike lane because people don't ride on it is like building an unconnected bridge over the river and then taking it out because people don't drive on it.[/quote]

These bike lanes are not connected and will not be connected in the future.  That was one if the things residents took issues with - the bike lanes were not installed in places with a full network in mind.  There are no bikes lanes to the west or north of Seminary.  Those on the west end that go south only last a 1/4 mile. That is why many argued bike lanes would be more appropriate on West Braddock (half as many cars and connects to bikes lanes on King and Van Dorn, and would have connected to Howard if the city had not repaved the road without bike lanes). West Braddock would also connect schools and business, whereas Seminary does not connect to anything. [/quote]

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