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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious why the bike lanes are going on Connecticut and not Wisconsin? If the rationale for them is a safe way to get from neighborhood to neighborhood, get to school by bike and visit merchants, Wisconsin would be much better just from a school perspective alone. It would be a fairly direct route to Hardy, the Cathedral schools, John Eaton, Janet, St Columba’s, Sidwell, GDS and Murch. There is more retail in Friendship Heights, Tenley, Cathedral Commons, Glivwr Park and you could go thru Georgetown and connect with Rock Creek or the Capital Crescent. Seems like using Wisconsin makes more sense. [/quote]
The reason is quite simple. They are upzoning Wisconsin and city knows developers don’t want it because it would hurt their investment. Just look at the massive garage that was built at City Ridge for example (and no, it was not due to parking minimums, it was the free market deciding that 700 parking spaces was needed). On the other hand, the buildings along CT avenue are old and they want to blight the area in order to facilitate full depreciation of inprovemnts, upzoning, demolition and reuse of landmarks like the Uptown, etc which is why the bike lanes there. They know they will hurt business which is exactly why they are doing it. The city has already been strategically placing voucher recipients there as well. It’s all a part of a plan. Once Wisconsin is built out then CT will be fully blighted and they will have full resident support for whatever developer giveaways and resident displacement scheme they have planned. [/quote]

Conn Ave will be blighted?  Riiiiiiiight.  A few miles of some of the most expensive real estate in the city is going to go up in flames because of bike lanes instead of a small highway??? Nutjob.[/quote]

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