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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of posters on this thread and similar threads hate written that if the bike lanes lead to more traffic congestion and gridlock on Connecticut Ave, that’s a good thing.  They’ve even argued that choking side streets with diverted traffic will make them “safer.”[/quote]

The fact is, the city is going to out Connecticut Avenue on a road diet.

The narrowed solution will either be with parking lanes 24/7 on each side of the street, with two lanes for cars, or, it will have 5 lanes for cars and one, split each way, for bikes.[/quote]

And of those are the only two choices then I vote for parking.

It will benefit more people, be better for businesses along the corridor, provide more future flexibility, increase safety, and reduce the harm inflicted on the surrounding neighborhoods.

It will also really piss the bikebros off which is something I am now wholeheartedly in favor of because of all of you posters lying all the freaking time.[/quote]

[b]Unmetered, unzoned parking on long swaths of Connecticut Avenue benefits the people who will leave their cars for days and weeks on end with no benefit to the city or anyone else.[/b]

It also means cyclists will just take a full lane when the ride, because that is the law. Without turn lanes, that means people driving will be stuck behind a cyclist and left turing vehicles, while the right lanes have 24/7 parking.

That sounds like a winning solution.[/quote]

Although I don’t think this is a bot, it’s clear that the poster is spinning rubbish without any actual knowledge of the local area. Where exactly is the “Unmetered, unzoned parking on long swaths of Connecticut Avenue” where people can “leave their cars for days and weeks on end”?!

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That PP is a troll that doesn’t live in the area. Otherwise they would know about street sweeping. Honestly sad for someone that doesn’t live in the area to spend their time trolling a website on this hyper local issue. [/quote]

I cannot remember the last time there was an actual street sweeper on upper Connecticut Avenue - certainly years before COVID. Everyone ignores those signs because it stopped happening a long time ago.[/quote]
You don’t live in DC. If you did, you’d know that it doesn’t matter if the street sweeper comes or not, you’re still getting a ticket.

Let’s look how far you have now traveled to cover up for your trolling as someone who lives outside the area.

I’m not sure why you continue to post here but it’s really insane. [/quote]

You are only getting a ticket if it is enforced.

It hasn't been for years. [/quote]

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