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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to live on Davenport Street and I fully support them doing this. That street is for local use by residents. It's not designed for heavy commuter traffic. DC should stop congestion major roads like Conn Ave with stupid bike lanes and let the commuters get in and out of the city in peace. [/quote]

Let’s repeat this. You do NOT own a public street. The banning of commuter traffic on certain streets happens mainly in upper northwest.
The only way to lesson traffic (bike lanes have nothing to do with it), is to reduce car dependent.   Work from home goes a long way in doing this.  So expect traffic to get much worse  if feds start back five days a week. Much much worse.
—an urban planner [/quote]

It's already much much worse on lower volume because that is what DDOT has intentionally done.  When traffic lanes are narrowed and removed, traffic lights and cameras are increased, and random streets and turns are blocked off then congestion becomes worse.  This is a man made problem not a function of increased population or traffic.[/quote]

The “neighbors” are not complaining about congestion. They are complaining about unsafe driving. Yet the rejected the traffic calming solutions put forth by DDOT. What the really want is to close the street to traffic, which yes, is privileged and deluded. [/quote]

Play whatever word games make you happy but they're complaining about too many people using the road.  That's why they want to ban other people from using the street.  Normal people call that congestion. [/quote]

People driving unsafely down the street is not “congestion.”[/quote]

But you're forgetting that according to DDOT, and the backers of this proposal, congestion increases safety.  The more people that use it the safer it becomes.  They should be pleased at how much safer it has become since Albemarle was blocked off and how much safer it will be when they remove two more lanes from Connecticut.[/quote]

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