Anonymous wrote:Can privileged cyclists who recreate during morning rush hour on arterial roadways that are one lane each way - with 20+ cars trailing them at 15 mph - please find these lovely roads with bike lanes to recreate on instead so that mere peasantry like myself can get to our jobs?

Anonymous wrote:The bike lanes on Old Georgetoen Road are a poor experiment. The cost (more idling cars, more time waiting, more gas, more polution) does not outweigh the benefits to the handful of cyclists using them on a short stretch of the road. As far as the "it's only 30 seconds more time," that's a out and out lie. Anyone who's had to spend time on the road in rush hour knows it's a lot more than that. I've spent an extra 30 minutes compared to non-rush hour.

Wish they'd be willing to do another study and get rid of those bike lanes. Or at least one of them, and make the extra lane into Bethesda in the morning and out of Bethesda in the afternoons.

And, how much worse is the traffic on Fernwood amd 355 since the bike lanes were installed? I've used both at times, rather than Old Georgetown Road

Anonymous wrote:I’ve noticed the bike lane on Old Georgetown Road is rarely used, especially during rush hour, while it’s causing dreadful congestion for drivers. I understand the importance of safe cycling infrastructure, but I wonder if we can find a better balance to serve all commuters. It seems the dream of transitioning to a carbon free transportation infrastructure is not longer in the cards.

Could we discuss potential solutions, like redesigning a bike path off the road to maintain bike safety while easing traffic flow? I’d love to hear your thoughts and work together to propose actionable ideas to the County and State governments. Also, the bike lanes have not been properly maintained, nor the road median. It is just a big mess that needs to be cleaned up.

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Anonymous wrote:Those bike lanes also provide a buffer for pedestrians.

I got hit while in a crosswalk by some b**** on a bike. Didn’t even check on me after knocking me down. She just picked up her bike and got back on a took off.

We need buffers froapathetic drivers like you are the reason we need bike lanes. As a 45kg kid with a 8kg bike, your 2000kg death machine aka car can do a shit ton more damage than 65 kilos of human and bike could ever do. cars are frickin scary. you can hate on bikers all you want for doing things like running red lights, but when you're 13 and see a massive black suburban running through stop signs and staying behind you, youve got bigger things to worry about like pedestrians. you personlly are probably a better driver, but that very incident happened to me on my way to school. I sprinted away and turned through some side allies, for if I had stopped the car might have kidnapped me or ran me over. so, next time someone gets hit by a biker, just imagine that its a 13 year old who almost got ran over/kidnapped. Emergency situations take priority over stop signs.
m cyclist a-holes too.

And guess what? You still lived. Try getting hit with a car to compare.

Your compassion is typical of a cyclist.

Seriously, this type of response is why many of us hate you so passionately.

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Anonymous wrote:Those bike lanes also provide a buffer for pedestrians.

I got hit while in a crosswalk by some b**** on a bike. Didn’t even check on me after knocking me down. She just picked up her bike and got back on a took off.

We need buffers froapathetic drivers like you are the reason we need bike lanes. As a 45kg kid with a 8kg bike, your 2000kg death machine aka car can do a shit ton more damage than 65 kilos of human and bike could ever do. cars are frickin scary. you can hate on bikers all you want for doing things like running red lights, but when you're 13 and see a massive black suburban running through stop signs and staying behind you, youve got bigger things to worry about like pedestrians. you personlly are probably a better driver, but that very incident happened to me on my way to school. I sprinted away and turned through some side allies, for if I had stopped the car might have kidnapped me or ran me over. so, next time someone gets hit by a biker, just imagine that its a 13 year old who almost got ran over/kidnapped. Emergency situations take priority over stop signs.
m cyclist a-holes too.

And guess what? You still lived. Try getting hit with a car to compare.

Your compassion is typical of a cyclist.

Seriously, this type of response is why many of us hate you so passionately.

Anonymous wrote:Just ride your bike.

Anonymous wrote:Those bike lanes also provide a buffer for pedestrians.

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure what the question is here - bike lanes serve a number of purposes that I won't take all the time to list below. From my perspective bike lanes done right should be the default on all roadways - once we have established that then all the automobile drivers can start making their case for why the bike lanes should not be there. How much extra time do you really think the bike lane is costing you on a particular road? This is the problem with society....we can find a million different ways to waste our damn time but delaying you a couple minutes so a bunch of people can have safe transportation is just to much. Same thing when I bike on the road - drivers lose their mind having to pause 30 seconds to safely pass but those same people will wait in lines all over the place or play on their phone for hours.