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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's great for UMC people who work from home, in predominantly white neighborhoods, sucks for all those of us who *gasp* have to work for a living. And what a giant waste of money rehabbing Beach Drive just before the pandemic. At least that gave us all lots of experience with alternate routes through those same mostly UMC white neighborhoods.

But I'll also go into the office less often, especially if they go forward with the Conn Ave bike lanes. More of my money will be spent in MD rather than DC.[/quote]

Sucks for people who aren't wealthy enough to live so close to where they can work that they can bike. [/quote]

Drivers in D.C. are disproportionately black; bicyclists are almost entirely white. We can see whose favored form of transportation is getting priority here. [/quote]

Beach Drive was mostly used by white Maryland drivers. Those who walk, run, and bike on Beach Drive include all races but probably a plurality of Black walkers and runners. Remember that the neighborhoods on the east side of the northern section of the Park are predominately Black.

You are mistaken to look at this as primarily as a transportation issue as bike commuting is only one use of the closed section of Beach Drive. I use the road almost daily for exercise and during the time that I am there it is predominately used for recreational purposes. 
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While that is true, runners/walkers used the trails surrounding Beach Drive prior to it being closed. The road is really the only option for bicyclists, so closing  the road greatly favored bikers.[/quote]

Cyclists shouldn’t be permitted on it either. They’re a “vehicle”, as they will always remind you of when they use the roads.

But now suddenly when the road is closed to traffic, they’re NOT a vehicle?

Nope. Wrong.

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It's so wild that there's something between a pedestrian and a car.  I'm shocked that we're able to distinguish levels between.  When did we get so creative?  Next thing you're going to tell me there are different laws for 18-wheelers![/quote]

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