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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Per the lawsuit:

12 percent of DC residents have mobility disabilities
Three-quarters of them are African American
One third of them are over the age of 65

Bicyclists five times more likely to be white than Black
Bicyclists predominantly male, white, 25-40, higher income
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Yeah, because that has absolutely nothing to do with nearly zero bike infrastructure existing in the majority minority areas of the city or the fact that those areas are literally separated from the downtown core by highway bridges that have the world's tiniest sidewalks (absent the brand new bridge, which is quite nice).  Yeah, of course it has nothing to do with that...[/quote]

"Are highways racist?" PP has some thinking to do. [/quote]

We can argue about -isms until the cows come home but it’s not hard to understand how the quality of life enjoyed by almost everyone in DC who lives east of the Anacostia River would be dramatically improved by the removal (or, failing that, covering) of 295.[/quote]
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While that may be true it is not in any way relevent to this discussion.[/quote]

The racial composition of cyclists is not particularly relevant either to the ADA compliance of the bike lane designs, but evidently whoever drafted that hot mess of a lawsuit - and whoever reposted the relevant passage here - thinks it beneficial for them to engage in patently nonsensical racial politics that try to pit different groups in this city against one another.[/quote]

So the impact should not be looked at with a racial lens?
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