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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]I know there are hundreds of thousands of people driving in DC every day, but will someone please think of the tens of people -- maybe even 100! -- who want to ride their bikes instead. Can we please focus on that tiny minority of people for once? [/quote]

You haven't been in DC lately, have you?

And again, just because people are driving now, doesn't mean that DC must forevermore continue to accommodate drivers. Especially not drivers who don't even live in DC.[/quote]

I see a lot of bike lanes that are barely used.

And been in DC since it was super dangerous, thank you. [/quote]

If you're not seeing lots of people on bikes, you're not looking. Or you're going to the "super dangerous" parts of DC, which are undeserved by transportation infrastructure.[/quote]

I have to look, because I drive and bicyclists are the most obnoxious, most unpredictable people on the road. Luckily, there aren't very many of them. I see a lot of empty bike lanes. [/quote]

You see a lot of empty bike lanes because bike lanes are efficient for moving people. Bus lanes are, too. Please stay out of both when you're driving.[/quote]

I probably see on average between one and three bicyclists each morning on my way to work. They're like a very loud, but very small special interest group. [/quote]

Then evidently you don't work in DC.[/quote]

[b]Don't take my word for it. The evidence is right there before your eyes.

On your way to work tomorrow, count the number of cyclists you see. Compare that to the number of cars you see or the number of people on the subway or on buses.

People on bikes must represent something like 0.01 percent of commuters[/b]. [/quote]

The question is why such a tiny percentage of commuters should have such a big say over our infrastructure. [/quote]

Please use real statistics with real data, not made up numbers based on what you think you see:

From the Census Bureau's 2017 American Community Survey, 5.0% of Washington, DC residents commuted by bicycle.  That number is up 57% since 2011.

Source: https://bikeleague.org/sites/default/files/Where_We_Ride_2017_KM_0.pdf[/quote]

Okay.  Even the real data is unimpressive.

Cycling realistically only works for a small minority of commuters.[/quote]

I rarely bike commute, but I still don't want to build 10-story parking garages at union station, FFS. I want less car traffic to make it safer and nicer for pedestrians, and to reduce carbon emissions.  [/quote]

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