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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Connecticut Avenue is already on a diet now that parking is allowed all day, no rush hour restrictions.  That should slow things down the same as bike lanes would.[/quote]
With the safety argument gone and the transportation argument quite dubious seeing that it is a major public transit corridor there is no rationale at all beyond providing an expensive amenity for a couple dozen of wealthy white people in a city where a lot of basic needs are not being met. This is the kind of thing a city does when it has a growing economy and is flush with cash. That is not the DC of 2023 and thankfully Mayor Bowser and the Council understand that very well.[/quote]

DC has the same poverty rate as West Virginia[/quote]
Is West Virginia planning any boondoggle transportation projects that will only benefit a handful of rich people?[/quote]

I had to laugh when I saw your question. Have you ever heard of (or driven on) "Corridor H"? It was Senator Byrd's gift to West Virginia.[/quote]

As you've driven on Corridor H, you certainly know it wasn't built for rich people. The logging and coal trucks that use it are big beneficiaries of no longer having to take the slower back roads to bring their payloads to market, so to speak. As envisioned, Corridor H was supposed to connect I-79 to I-81, which is no small (or inexpensive) feat. It was a bigger project than the state needed, but the benefits certainly aren't accruing to a "handful of rich people" as you've suggested.

The only rich people who benefit would be those of us who use it to get to Davis, WV more efficiently. I guess the owners of the trucking companies could be considered rich as well.

In short, comparing Corridor H to the proposed road diet on Connecticut Avenue is like comparing a unicorn to a chimpanzee. [/quote]

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