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Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.[/quote]

[b]My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things[/b].[/quote]

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree. [/quote]

That's true when they get in a car, too.[/quote]

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security. [/quote]

One of the more dangerous things you can do for your kids is have them live a car-dependent life.[/quote]

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