Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
You are part of the "them". Your travel time is included. Also, how long is your travel time, now that it has doubled?
45 minutes from 20 to drive my kids carpool for soccer practice. I can’t move the practice time or location. I cannot get off of work earlier. I drive 5 kids, so that’s 4 extra cars off the road. And then after I drop off I have to turn around and get right back in that traffic shenanigans for another 45 mins home to feed my other kids, deal with homework, life. So yeah, the double time on both ends is a nightmare. I am raising a family. I am making a living. I am paying my taxes. This has real life implications for us. And no I cannot do carpool on a bike. I am just dumbfounded at the lack of reasonableness, empathy and practicability.
Your travel time used to be 22 minutes but is now 45 minutes - both ways, in the afternoon, due to the Seminary Lane road diet?
If so, yes, that must be a miserable experience, but when you're driving across town in the afternoon peak drive time, then there are going to be a lot of other drivers on the road with you. And the safer and more convenient we make it for people who are not you to get places by walking or biking, the fewer people will be on the road with you in cars when you're in a car.
I agree that you can't do carpool on a bike, but it's definitely possible to get groups of kids places by bike, especially if they themselves are able to bike.
Responses like this are precisely why I drift into cyclists paths. I love scaring the shit out of you.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
You are part of the "them". Your travel time is included. Also, how long is your travel time, now that it has doubled?
45 minutes from 20 to drive my kids carpool for soccer practice. I can’t move the practice time or location. I cannot get off of work earlier. I drive 5 kids, so that’s 4 extra cars off the road. And then after I drop off I have to turn around and get right back in that traffic shenanigans for another 45 mins home to feed my other kids, deal with homework, life. So yeah, the double time on both ends is a nightmare. I am raising a family. I am making a living. I am paying my taxes. This has real life implications for us. And no I cannot do carpool on a bike. I am just dumbfounded at the lack of reasonableness, empathy and practicability.
Your travel time used to be 22 minutes but is now 45 minutes - both ways, in the afternoon, due to the Seminary Lane road diet?
If so, yes, that must be a miserable experience, but when you're driving across town in the afternoon peak drive time, then there are going to be a lot of other drivers on the road with you. And the safer and more convenient we make it for people who are not you to get places by walking or biking, the fewer people will be on the road with you in cars when you're in a car.
I agree that you can't do carpool on a bike, but it's definitely possible to get groups of kids places by bike, especially if they themselves are able to bike.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
You are part of the "them". Your travel time is included. Also, how long is your travel time, now that it has doubled?
45 minutes from 20 to drive my kids carpool for soccer practice. I can’t move the practice time or location. I cannot get off of work earlier. I drive 5 kids, so that’s 4 extra cars off the road. And then after I drop off I have to turn around and get right back in that traffic shenanigans for another 45 mins home to feed my other kids, deal with homework, life. So yeah, the double time on both ends is a nightmare. I am raising a family. I am making a living. I am paying my taxes. This has real life implications for us. And no I cannot do carpool on a bike. I am just dumbfounded at the lack of reasonableness, empathy and practicability.
Your travel time used to be 22 minutes but is now 45 minutes - both ways, in the afternoon, due to the Seminary Lane road diet?
If so, yes, that must be a miserable experience, but when you're driving across town in the afternoon peak drive time, then there are going to be a lot of other drivers on the road with you. And the safer and more convenient we make it for people who are not you to get places by walking or biking, the fewer people will be on the road with you in cars when you're in a car.
I agree that you can't do carpool on a bike, but it's definitely possible to get groups of kids places by bike, especially if they themselves are able to bike.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
You are part of the "them". Your travel time is included. Also, how long is your travel time, now that it has doubled?
45 minutes from 20 to drive my kids carpool for soccer practice. I can’t move the practice time or location. I cannot get off of work earlier. I drive 5 kids, so that’s 4 extra cars off the road. And then after I drop off I have to turn around and get right back in that traffic shenanigans for another 45 mins home to feed my other kids, deal with homework, life. So yeah, the double time on both ends is a nightmare. I am raising a family. I am making a living. I am paying my taxes. This has real life implications for us. And no I cannot do carpool on a bike. I am just dumbfounded at the lack of reasonableness, empathy and practicability.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This perfectly explains our frustrations in Alexandria. https://medium.com/@office_78213/how-a-quaint-dc-suburb-got-hijacked-by-outside-special-interests-80982e665469
Hey look, a barely readable screed from a guy who doesn't live there and spends most of his time writing stuff like "FREE ROGER STONE." There's no way anything in that could be wrong.
Anonymous wrote:This perfectly explains our frustrations in Alexandria. https://medium.com/@office_78213/how-a-quaint-dc-suburb-got-hijacked-by-outside-special-interests-80982e665469
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
You are part of the "them". Your travel time is included. Also, how long is your travel time, now that it has doubled?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Great for them. Not for me. Mine has doubled.
Anonymous wrote:Fox 5 says that travel times for drivers have stayed the same or decreased.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/627516
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
The interviews were around 11am, not rush hour.
I do not believe that is when the interviews were. Perhaps the reporter will clarify.