Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 10:00     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups


This is an idiotic response. Many people in this city commute by car. Despite what the 100 loudest members of the bike mafia say, that's not going to change anytime soon. Metro ridership is way down, and was dropping long before the pandemic. Build the city that people want, not the one you wish they wanted.


where do you live and where do you work? we can help you with a metro commute. otherwise, no, no sympathy for people who could easily get to metro but “just prefer to drive.”


No one want your help Karen. Metro all you want. You can pry my car keys from my cold dead hands. I will never step foot on metro. I would prefer to arrive alive and on time.


alright, have fun in traffic
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:50     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. I live on a DC street that has experienced an exponential growth in cut through traffic due to the weekday closure of Beach Dr plus the reduction in drive lanes on Connecticut Ave. A lot of this is rideshare drovers and Amazon/fed ex drivers who will never be eligible to take metro

This is a narrow east-west residential street and it’s utter bullshit that we suffer arterial-road levels of new traffic, all because of 45 hardcore MAMILs who who want to get their miles in on Beach Drive on a Tuesday at 2:30 pm l



All closing streets to traffic does is force traffic onto other smaller streets that weren't designed for so many cars.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:47     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:Having it closed when the federal workers come back is going to only end up with a ridiculous amount of traffic being pent up on other streets with stop lights and massive traffic back ups.


That’s a good idea. I wonder if they will work together with a Park service to have this happen or was the Beach Drive closure permanent?
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:46     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Agree OP. I live on a DC street that has experienced an exponential growth in cut through traffic due to the weekday closure of Beach Dr plus the reduction in drive lanes on Connecticut Ave. A lot of this is rideshare drovers and Amazon/fed ex drivers who will never be eligible to take metro

This is a narrow east-west residential street and it’s utter bullshit that we suffer arterial-road levels of new traffic, all because of 45 hardcore MAMILs who who want to get their miles in on Beach Drive on a Tuesday at 2:30 pm l
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:44     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups


This is an idiotic response. Many people in this city commute by car. Despite what the 100 loudest members of the bike mafia say, that's not going to change anytime soon. Metro ridership is way down, and was dropping long before the pandemic. Build the city that people want, not the one you wish they wanted.


where do you live and where do you work? we can help you with a metro commute. otherwise, no, no sympathy for people who could easily get to metro but “just prefer to drive.”


No one want your help Karen. Metro all you want. You can pry my car keys from my cold dead hands. I will never step foot on metro. I would prefer to arrive alive and on time.


That's fine. Nobody is forcing you to take Metro. If you want to drive, then drive. And then, when you complain about traffic backups and inconvenience, and people respond with "Have you considered taking public transit instead?", you can respond with "You can pry my car keys from my cold dead hands."
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:44     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
It should reopen to bus traffic.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:42     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Beach Drive is open to commuters. Just not commuters who are commuting by car.

Federal workers who don't like what's involved in driving to work can use their transit benefits to get to work without driving.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:39     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
The amount of transportation resources dedicated to the tiny, tiny number of bicyclists in this city is astounding.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:39     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups


This is an idiotic response. Many people in this city commute by car. Despite what the 100 loudest members of the bike mafia say, that's not going to change anytime soon. Metro ridership is way down, and was dropping long before the pandemic. Build the city that people want, not the one you wish they wanted.


where do you live and where do you work? we can help you with a metro commute. otherwise, no, no sympathy for people who could easily get to metro but “just prefer to drive.”


No one want your help Karen. Metro all you want. You can pry my car keys from my cold dead hands. I will never step foot on metro. I would prefer to arrive alive and on time.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:37     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
The arrogance of the bike mafia is just mind-blowing.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:36     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups


This is an idiotic response. Many people in this city commute by car. Despite what the 100 loudest members of the bike mafia say, that's not going to change anytime soon. Metro ridership is way down, and was dropping long before the pandemic. Build the city that people want, not the one you wish they wanted.


where do you live and where do you work? we can help you with a metro commute. otherwise, no, no sympathy for people who could easily get to metro but “just prefer to drive.”
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 09:26     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Anonymous wrote:As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups


This is an idiotic response. Many people in this city commute by car. Despite what the 100 loudest members of the bike mafia say, that's not going to change anytime soon. Metro ridership is way down, and was dropping long before the pandemic. Build the city that people want, not the one you wish they wanted.
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 06:07     Subject: Re:So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
As the PP said, there are other options if you are concerned about traffic backups
Anonymous
Post 08/24/2023 00:00     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Or you could take a bus or Metro.
Anonymous
Post 08/23/2023 23:23     Subject: So now that Biden is calling back federal workers, can NPS reopen Beach drive to commuters, please?
Having it closed when the federal workers come back is going to only end up with a ridiculous amount of traffic being pent up on other streets with stop lights and massive traffic back ups.