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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we will reach a new normal. Many office workers will have the choice to telework 2-3 days per week or more.

Connecticut Avenue is not going to revert back. The reversible lanes are permanently gone. The only question at this point is if there will be bike lanes or not.

And Beach Drive will remain as it currently is. there is no reason for a national park to be opened to polluting cars for single occupancy access during rush hour. All of the parking areas there are open as they always are, so if anyone wants to visit, they can via the south. They just cannot drive through it.[/quote]

So if Connecticut Avenue will be effectively narrowed, and Beach Drive will be closed. what is DC's plan to move traffic to and from downtown?  Reno Road?[/quote]

There is traffic with or without Beach Drive or bike lanes. How much do we want to surrender our quality of life to commuters and cars? I[b]t will work out. It always does[/b]. It has in other places and it will here.[/quote]

This view calls to mind one of columnists Courtand Milloy's most famous lines: (speaking of DC's one-issue bike lane activists, BTW):  "Myopic little twits."[/quote]

I can think of few things more myopic than opposing bike lanes because you'll sit in traffic for four minutes fewer.[/quote]

If Beach Drive is permanently closed so that there is a bike route from the north that connects to the Rock Creek bike trail, then why also remove two traffic lanes of Connecticut Ave. for bike lanes.  This would seem like an acceptable compromise.[/quote]

If I live in Van Ness and want to go to Woodley Park, why should I have to bike into the park to do it? All of the shops and restaurants are on Connecticut Ave - that is why it makes sense for te bike lanes to be there.[/quote]

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