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[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]

that is quite the distortion…

in fact part of the plan does involve diverting traffic to *other arterials* like Wisconsin. if you actually look at the DDOT materials (which you won’t but whatever) you can see the projections, which actually reduce volume on many side streets. I have been involved in these discussions for years and have heard stupid sh*t about equity (like not enforcing traffic laws) but I have literally never heard anyone say that “spreading traffic out” is an equity goal. Probably because it is a certifiably stupid assertion given the map. there’s no way to route say traffic on Alabama Ave through your Cleveland Park “side street” although that is a fun new iteration of your absurd claims. [/quote]

No one (including some bike lane proponents) took the DDOT traffic diversion document seriously.  It wasn't a study and one of its key assumptions, that Beach Drive would be an alternative route for commuters, is no longer operative.  North Cleveland Park, Cleveland Park and Woodley Park side streets already get a lot of cut through traffic, drivers seeking to go between Connecticut, Reno, Wisconsin, Mass., to find the fastest way downtown or home to Maryland.  Constipating Connecticut Avenue will make a bad situation untenable.  It will make safety on these side streets and the named arterials worse,  with almost no discernible safety benefit to pedestrians crossing Connecticut Avenue.[/quote]

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