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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh look the city wants to make K Street a lot less car friendly and a lot more friendly towards cyclists and buses.

The city seems to assume that if they make driving and parking really, really hard, people will suddenly decide to ride the bus or ride a bike. Ha!

What's actually going to happen, of course, is that fewer people will go downtown. Sorry businesses!

The city's transportation policies seem to be built on a whole lot of wishful thinking.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/04/07/dc-k-street-transitway/[/quote]

Darn, I look forward to the congestion of K st when trying to shop at a downtown business. What in the world will I do now.[/quote]

You're in luck. The congestion is going to get a whole lot worse. [/quote]

Good to know! I'll either use the metro or a bike share or walk. So many options that are more efficient and better for the environment that I wouldn't have known about if you didn't post this. Thanks PP!
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If the city actually cared about the environment, they would make the subway useable again. The subway got more cars off the road, every day, that all the bike lanes will do in the next thousand years. [/quote]

The subway is very useable. It has longer wait times than I'd prefer, but compared to traffic and parking it's pretty much a dead heat time wise.[/quote]
What about the people who don’t live next to a metro station? I’m in Alexandria, can’t park at the metro, and it would take me 30+ minutes just to walk to the station. Add 20 minutes between trains and transfers to the next line. I’m looking at over an hour to get to work…or I could drive in 25 minutes.

Your comment is tone-deaf for all the people that can’t afford to live in DC/walking distance of their offices and have core hours and responsibilities near their home, like picking up kids by a certain time. [/quote]

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