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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t care if the bike lobby raises money from its members. Bring it on. But I care a whole hell of a lot that the DC government is funnelling hard-earned taxpayer dollars to support the bike lobby so that they can turn around and agitate for something costly that will have negative consequences for many.  Think of how the WABA subsidy and the bike lane construction money otherwise could be spent, for better DC schools, more cops, more timely 911 responsiveness[/quote]

Positive consequences for many, you mean. Fewer car crashes, less noise, EMS/police resources freed up, better mobility for people not in a car, [b]economic benefits for businesses in the Connecticut Ave corridor.[/b][/quote]

The Connecticut Ave corridor where the stabbing just occurred?[/quote]

Are you saying that the planned bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue caused the stabbing?[/quote]

No, but can we vote out elected officials (ANC and council) who apparently care more about bike lanes than focusing on rising crime along Connecticut Ave?![/quote]

Empirically, the answer is that no, you (whoever "we" even is) can [u]not[/u] do this. The voters voted for elected officials who support the Connecticut Avenue bike lanes.[/quote]

You'd be surprised how a couple of daytime shootings or stabbings can make voters sour on their elected candidates. And there are recall mechanisms. Bike bros will be destroyed by soccer moms.

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Not a bike bro here, but most of the supporters of the bike lanes I know (I live off Connecticut Ave) ARE soccer moms. The only people I know against the bike lanes are some cranky old white guys. [/quote]

The soccer moms I know on Porter and Reno are worried that the Connecticut Ave bike lanes will divert a lot more traffic to those streets, which will become less safe and cannot handle more thru traffic.[/quote]

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