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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the subway is going to be unusable, and everyone is fine with that, then we need to accommodate people where they are -- in cars.

There are going to be far more people on the roads and that means we need a lot more parking, more emphasis on easing traffic, etc. Ridership on the subway is down 75 percent from pre-pandemic levels.

I didnt used to drive all that much, but now with the subway basically in moth balls, I drive everywhere.

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Instead we pour all our resources into bike lanes that almost no one even uses. [/quote]

wrong, DC has one of the highest rates of bike commuters in the entire country. when everyone was actually into offices, up to 6% of daily commuters were using bikes. that is sginificant.[/quote]

Is it significant though? My understanding was it was closer to 4%. Whatever it is though, if these people were mostly otherwise walking or using transit, it is effectively irrelevant and not significant. If they mostly came out of cars, then it  may mean something, but still a war over very small numbers.

Also, we have to consider peak demand rather than average. How many of these people were bike commuting in non-ideal weather... the cold, the rainy, the hot and humid, etc.? If very few, then again, what is the actual value of that 4% to 6% number from an infrastructure design perspective?[/quote]
According to “induced demand”, those cars would be replaced by other cars. There is no net loss of cars, except if capacity is reduced. And those people don’t just magically disappear. They move to Tysons and take their jobs with them. [/quote]

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