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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some proponents of the Connecticut bike lane plan have admitted that a feature — not a bug — of the plan is to create more vehicle congestion and that resulting trafficdiversion to other, lesser capacity streets is a good thing.  They talk about traffic “equity” and taking traffic and spreading it through the street grid.  They view as unfair and inequitable that boulevards intended as the major radial arterials for through traffic serve that purpose and and that it’s somehow progressive to burden more streets (especially with more single family homes) with diverted traffic.[/quote]

It's not just about Connecticit.  These same conversations are happening throughout the city.[/quote]

The same conversations about big streets also needing to be safe, including for kids? Yes. Long overdue.[/quote]

Building dedicated bike lanes with no signals and no enforcement will make things keas safe for pedestrians, especially the elderly, who have to cross them.  The proliferation of fast, heavier e-bikes and cargo bikes makes potential bike-pedestrian collisions much worse.  As someone pointed out, DC is not Amsterdam or Vienna with a culture of bike rider compliance

Traffic diversion from Connecticut on to streets like Reno, Woodley, Porter, etc. will make those streets much less safe for those of who live along, cross and ride on them.[/quote]

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