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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bike Lane mafia is not doing so great in Ward 3.  Maybe time for a real conversation?[/quote]

All of the ANC's will still be pro-bike lane.
Frumin out-polled Cheh and is pro-bike lane.

IOW, bike lanes are happening.[/quote]

The ANC races are 50/50 on bike lanes. Siddiqui won by 6 votes. [b]Tandaric lost[/b].  The neighbors are sharply divided, now they are actually paying attention. Time for a reset. [/quote]

It appears the pro bike folks like both candidates in that race:

https://twitter.com/Ward3Bikes/status/1580940779853582336

And Siddiqui was the biggest pro-bike person on ANC 3C and he had an opponent that spent a lot of money and had a lot of support from the Macwood contingent and CPCA/CPHS crowd and still won.

So yeah I think the pro bike crowd is pretty happy with this outcome.[/quote]

How can they be happy? The competitive races show the community its sharply divided.  We can now dispense with the “wide community support” narrative.  The bike crowd should be embarrassed for the scam they’ve run the past two years.  [/quote]

Repost from page 2 of this thread:

Funny. I was just telling a friend today: "Next NIMBY talking point: elections don't really matter."[/quote]

Quite the opposite. The elections DI matter.  They show the community is split on the issue.  We’re all neighbors and if we make policy on the basis of 51%-49% votes, this will not be a pleasant place to live.  Now is the time to heal, come together, and find consensus on how to make Connecticut Ave safer: more enforcement, dedicated bus lanes, increased bike amenities around metro, etc. There are many places for agreement. [/quote]

Wait, so now you want citywide transportation policy to be completely overhauled on the basis of one close ANC election?[/quote]
You think ANC reps have some sort of mandate over city wide transportation policy?[/quote]

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