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Bikes lanes -- and bike commuting -- are great for single / childless people who's main concern is scooting to work, the coffee shop, or the bar. Not so great for people with families who need to get kids to/from school on their commutes (I live in DC and work in VA [neither home nor work near metro]), older people not up for biking, the disabled, etc.

Those that wish to squeeze out private cars may win, but we won't become Peking 1960 -- instead, DC will be overflowing with taxis, Uber, and Lyft.[/quote]

[b]My neighbor has three kids and commutes them to school and day care every day on his bike. I seriously have no idea what world you live in that you know no one who does these things[/b].[/quote]

That seems insanely dangerous. They are one stoned driver away from blowing up their family tree. [/quote]

That's true when they get in a car, too.[/quote]

Sure, but cars have airbags and seatbelts and people have two tons of steel wrapped around them. Bicyclists have...helmets that do almost nothing except provide a false sense of security. [/quote]

[b]One of the more dangerous things you can do for your kids is have them live a car-dependent life[/b].[/quote]

it's also true- accidents are a leading cause of death for kids in the US

This sounds like some goofy hippy bumper sticker. Cars make people's lives better. Why else do you think people drive? Cars are expensive and if they didn't make people's lives significantly better, they wouldnt bother with the expense. [/quote][/quote]

HAHAHAHA. Oh I can’t with the car-addled boomers on this board.

Sweetie, people drive because *they have literally no other choice*. I have severe PTSD from being in a bad accident and would strongly prefer to never get in a car again as long as I live, but I do anyway, because there is literally no other option. Cars do not “make my life better”, unreal.[/quote]
I'm a geriatric millennial with kids and I think you bike people are a bit nuts personally.[/quote]

I’m the PP and a fellow old millennial mom, and I don’t have a bike. Not sure why you think I’m a “bike person”? I am at least a “person who reads comments all the way through before crapping out a stupid response”. [/quote]

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