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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For me, the one thing that makes Connecticut Ave such a bad idea for bikes lanes is that it is the gateway for millions of tourists each year. Most of whom are not familiar with DC roads nor used to driving in any city. So to mix those tens of thousands of tourist cars each year with a project that will induce thousands of new cyclists each day seems like a total death wish. For that reason Connecticut Ave is fairly unique as compared to other roads where this has been attempted.  It’s just a really bad idea. [/quote]

Think of how much better it would be if the tourists were not driving cars but on other modes of transportation? You are making the argument FOR bike lanes, thank you.[/quote]

The people who drive to the zoo are most definitely not interested in participating in transit lifestyle you covet.  [/quote]

That's silly. Transit isn't a [u]lifestyle[/u], it's transportation. Would you say you participate in car lifestyle?[/quote]

Yes.  [/quote]

You participate in a car lifestyle?! I'm so sorry.[/quote]

Appreciate your concern, but I enjoy my car lifestyle!![/quote]

I used to enjoy my smoking inside at restaurants lifestyle, but the government doesn't have an obligation to legislate around things that are bad for people [/quote]

Not having a tax base is bad for people. [/quote]

Governments once made a lot of revenue from tobacco taxes. Thankfully that didn’t dissuade legislators from putting in place the measures that have enabled people to live healthier lifestyles.[/quote]
Those measures were to both increase tobacco taxes and to require tobacco companies to effectively pay an annual dividend to states like they were shareholders.

It all comes together though because you’re spending your life arguing about some fantasy. DDOT listening to these very same arguments for a decade about Connecticut Ave and said no. I’m not sure why you are wasting your time arguing to death about something that is not going to happen in the foreseeable future but it’s both kind of sad and kind of funny. [/quote]

DDOT didn't say no.

The Mayor said no, because she listened to a lot of BS and lies from a bunch of entitled old white people who cannot envision a life without cars.

The majority of the people want the bike lanes, and the science and economics back them up.[/quote]
You’re disconnected from objective reality.

The DDOT director testified before the Council and stated the position of the agency. She explained and explicitly said that this was never supposed to be a bike lane project. DDOT works for the mayor. So the decisions of DDOT reflect the decision of the mayor. As for the opinion of the “majority” of the people,  they overwhelmingly voted for the mayor.

[b]What are you doing arguing to death for days on end about something that’s over[/b]? Do you not understand how crazy that is?

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It was over when the Mayor announced Concept C too, right? But then you fought it to get a change. Why wouild you think it would be over then? It isn't, and proponents will continue to make the case until it really is over. No one called you crazy for fighting it after the Mayor announced her decision in 2021, but you call us crazy now for doing the same thing. The reason? You know we have the facts and public on our side. [/quote]

It was over when the sugar high of free federal stimulus money dried up and it became apparent that the downtown commercial real estate tax base is about to collapse.  [/quote]

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