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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You really don't care about DC, do you, if you can turn this into another conversation about bikes, cars, and pedestrians?[/quote]

We have to cut a billion dollars from the budget and cutting obligated future spending on luxury projects is the lowest hanging fruit.  Doing so doesn't cost any money and doesn't make anything worse yet it shows up as savings on the balance sheet.  It's a no brainer.  Especially because they aren't even popular.

I'm sorry that your pet project needs to be cut but firing teachers in order to build bike lanes would be reprehensible.  [/quote]

We're halfway through the fiscal year. Everything-- schools, public safety, services -- is going to be seriously cut. I don't even know what you're advocating against -- bike lanes? That's not going to cut it. [/quote]

DDOT's capital budget is the juiciest, least harmful, and most politically viable target there is.  The more we can cut from it the less we have to cut from everything else.
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