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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I may have missed it as I didn’t read the 43 pages of comments, but is there any data or info on how many bikers would be expected on this route?[/quote]

You can look at things like use of Capital Bike share stations and the increasing sales of bikes in DC and the region as two metrics in terms of demand.[/quote]

The most authoritative analysis is by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. They have cycling (as well as bus riding and subways, etc). all way down, even when adjusting for work from home. Driving is the only mode of transportation that's getting more popular, which is surprising and not surprising.

https://www.mwcog.org/documents/2023/08/14/state-of-the-commute-survey-report--carsharing-state-of-the-commute-telework-travel-surveys/[/quote]

Anyone who uses data from a small sample to discount population data either has no grasp of statistics and/or is not interested in a meaningful discussion.[/quote]

Can you please point to the population data that shows driving has not increased and that bikes and other forms of transit have? Genuinely asking as I am looking for data on this.[/quote]
They have no data but sure have a lot of excuses for why people should not pay attention to the most trusted data sources, MWCOG and ACS. [/quote]

+1000[/quote]

The CaBi data is all over this thread. It clearly shows an increase in bike usage. This poster has chosen to continue to post the same DMV wide survey over and over again as if the habits of people in Gaithersburg are related to those in Cleveland Park[/quote]
What do you think the CaBi data is telling you?[/quote]

You're welcome to go back and read what was posted about it. Pages 28/29 have a lot of easy to understand infographics if you are still having trouble interpreting the increase in ridership.[/quote]
Unlike you, I don’t dispute the voracity of officially reported data. Instead, what I am asking is what you think increased utilization of CaBi bikes means. What does that information, in isolation, tell us.

You are trying to draw broad inferences from a very limited set of data and then purposefully rejecting other official data to come to a conclusion that miraculously supports your priors.

This is the same level of anti-intellectualsm that is common among the scientific creationism crowd. [/quote]

More people are using bikes = bike usage is more popular. I don't need to use as many big words to make a clear inference[/quote]
B doesn’t follow A. Not sure why this is so complicated. [/quote]

You're welcome to continue to try this awful argument on others, but I'm done engaging [/quote]

DP. Good effort. Will meet you at Vace to bike to Politics & Prose holding a slice of pizza. (The anti-bike obsessive is something else.)

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lol it's really incredible - i think it's because their mode of transit is so miserable that they're angry about other options. I had to drive for an errand yesterday that involved me going up and down N. Cap and after going 8 miles in 90 mins I felt like the cranks on here![/quote]

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