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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Let's have both" usually means "let's give lip service to one while completely ignoring it and pushing for our pet project." No one is serious if they're going to pretend that space isn't limited, or if they pretend that no lanes are going to be preserved for cars, trucks, and vans.

Compare the map of D.C. dedicated bike lanes:

https://buspriority.ddot.dc.gov/pages/buslanes

To the map of dedicated D.C. bus lanes:

https://godcgo.com/wp-content/uploads/DC-Bike-Map.pdf

As mentioned, right now there's a push for bike lanes on Connecticut, not bus lanes. As the data above shows, bike commuters are a small segment of the population, but they often are wealthier and have an outsized voice compared to bus commuters, who are much more numerous but tend to be poorer.[/quote]

So lead the charge and push for bus lanes on Connecticut Ave!  Do something other than complaining that the the thing other people are doing is not the thing you would be doing if you were going to do anything, which you’re not…[/quote]

exactly. there is NO conflict between bus advocates and bike advocates- they are generally exactly the same people. Miss me with this false dilemma! I don’t know the particulars of the Ct Ave bus situation but here on the Hill I have never ever heard anyone complain about bus priority projects as somehow hurting bike projects. They coexist and are generally the same people supporting them. For example we got the 8th bus priority project - which does not have bike lanes. At the same time we completed Pa Ave (bus AND bike) and C St/N Carolina (bike mainly and some bus improvements) 
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