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The point is DC is already way more densely populated than people realize. [/quote]

You all are going to have to make up your minds about whether DC is or is not already densely populated.

If it's already densely populated, then there's no room for cars, and transit, walking, biking, and scooting need to be the priority transportation modes. In other words, the Bicycle Lobby is right: ban cars. (Yes, the Bicycle Lobby is a real organization. You can even buy a T-shirt! https://cottonbureau.com/products/the-all-powerful-bicycle-lobby#/1933563/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s )

If it isn't already densely populated, then there's room for cars, but you're going to have to ditch the argument that more density is inappropriate because DC is already densely populated.[/quote]

Uh, what? This makes no sense. DC is obviously already very densely populated. Not sure what that has to do with cars. Perhaps you haven't noticed but we have bike lanes everywhere, even though barely anyone rides bikes here. The number of bicyclists in DC is pathetically small. [/quote]

OK, DC is already very densely populated. That means there's no room for cars. As you may have noticed, cars require a lot of space. It's time to reallocate that space for use by DC's dense population. For example, turn all of the parking lots into parks.[/quote]

Why so black and white PP? DC is very densely populated right now. By anybody's standards it is. We need better public transportation (WMATA you listening). What most people on this thread are saying is that DC does not need to be made MORE dense. Does that make sense to you? We are dense right now. We need better systems to accommodate the density that we have right now, and we do not need more density.
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Saying "by anybody's standards it is" does not make your statement true.  DC has some very sense parts, but on the whole it is less dense than Philadelphia, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, or Miami when measured at the city level.  If you use "populated weighted metro density," which measures how dense is the location where the average person lives within a metro area and is arguably a better measure, then we are not only less dense than those cities, but also than cities such as Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego and Las Vegas.

Source: https://ggwash.org/view/68144/this-is-a-better-way-to-look-at-how-built-up-our-region-is

Not to mention, improvements to public transportation need to be paid for, and that requires increased ridership, which requires (surprise surprise) more density.[/quote]

And just because I know that you'll bitch about the source, here's the Census Bureau report that says the same things using 2010 data.  See Table 3.3:

https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/reports/c2010sr-01.pdf[/quote]

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