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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree.  People act so entitled about “their” streets but streets belong to the driving public.  It’s annoying to have people walking in the streets when essential personnel are driving to work or trying to dash to the supermarket.  The other day I had to slow almost to a crawl to dodge joggers and walkers on one of the approach streets to Cathedral Commons in NW DC.  Sheesh. [/quote]

Nope. The streets belong to the public, period. Far too much of our street space is devoted to cars under normal times,[b] but especially now, when there is so much less driving. [/b]Essential personnel who are driving to work don't need more than one lane each way. The rest of the street space can be reallocated as public space for walking, biking, and playing. [/quote]

Uh, what? Have you noticed that almost no one uses the bike lanes? There are stretches of bike lanes that I've *never* seen anyone use. By your logic, we should get rid of the bike lanes. [/quote]

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