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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is pretty great you guys.

ANGRY POSTER 1:  CYCLISTS GO SO SLOW AND CLOG UP TRAFFIC1!!!111ONEONE
ANGRY POSTER 2:  CYCLISTS BLOW THROUGH RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS AND I NEVER SEE THEM COMING!!!!111ONEONE
ANGRY POSTER 3:  BIKES ARE PLAY TOYS AND ARE TOO SLOW TO BE ON THE STREET
ANGRY POSTER 4:  CYCLIST MOVE UNPREDICTABLY AND TOO QUICKLY FOR ME TO REACT IN MY MOTOR VEHICLE

You all must be big fans of string theory.  Schrodinger's cyclist says hi.[/quote]

Don’t forget that old saw about how cyclists are more likely to be white, more likely to have higher incomes and more likely to live within biking distance of their jobs so closing roads like Beach to cars benefits them and disproportionately hurts black and brown people who drive because they’re commuting from much greater distances.

Oh wait…that one’s true isn’t it? Sorry teachers, cops and other government employees. Maybe you could save up and buy a place much closer in, near the cyclists?[/quote]

Yet another trope.  People who bike must be wealthy because *bikes* are so expensive!  Yeah, I wonder why all those teachers, cops, and other public service providers have to move out to the suburbs.  Probably could afford a place in Ward 3 or 4 if your NIMBY ass didn't keep clutching onto SF-Zoning and litigating into damnation every development there is.[/quote]

All the available research shows cyclists in DC are overwhelmingly white and that drivers are disproportionately black and brown. So, yeah, closing roads to cars benefits a tiny number of white cyclists at the expense of a far larger number of nonwhite people. Yet another white privilege. [/quote]

Cite your source.  And no, something from DECCA doesn't count, silly.[/quote]

I believe that PP is probably referring to [url=https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications/the-demographics-of-walking-and-biking-to-work/]this piece[/url], which does cite that POC use a bicycle a lot less than other race & ethnicities.  However, I guess PP stopped reading at that point of the chart in the article, because they are ignoring the fact that the reason the article was citing this data was to support greater equity in DC-DOT funding allocation to the wards across the river/highway at the south and eastern parts of the city: [i]"we should continue to improve streets for pedestrians and cyclists, so that residents of all neighborhoods can safely access these healthier modes of transportation."[i]

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