Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 20:38     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not sure why the snark is so strong on this post. NYC has already closed some (not all, SOME) roads to cars, so that people can get fresh air without being on top of each other. It’s a good idea. There’s far less traffic these days than usual.


You're right, PP. I live near AU. Given the dramatic reduction in car traffic, why not close the residential side streets. It wouldn't be that difficult to stick to to Mass, Van Ness, Nebraska, etc. when driving. (Unless, of course, you park on those residential side streets cause you live there.)


I love this completely one-sided argument. Why is a lack of traffic an argument for expanding bike lanes? Is the reverse also true? Is the fact that hardly anyone even uses our bike lanes (even before coronavirus) an argument for expanding access for cars?


The poster I responded to proposed closing the streets to cars so that pedestrians could walk in the streets without coming withing 6 feet of each other. The bike lane folks hijacked the thread, but I ignored them.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 20:05     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not sure why the snark is so strong on this post. NYC has already closed some (not all, SOME) roads to cars, so that people can get fresh air without being on top of each other. It’s a good idea. There’s far less traffic these days than usual.


You're right, PP. I live near AU. Given the dramatic reduction in car traffic, why not close the residential side streets. It wouldn't be that difficult to stick to to Mass, Van Ness, Nebraska, etc. when driving. (Unless, of course, you park on those residential side streets cause you live there.)


I love this completely one-sided argument. Why is a lack of traffic an argument for expanding bike lanes? Is the reverse also true? Is the fact that hardly anyone even uses our bike lanes (even before coronavirus) an argument for expanding access for cars?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 19:38     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:Not sure why the snark is so strong on this post. NYC has already closed some (not all, SOME) roads to cars, so that people can get fresh air without being on top of each other. It’s a good idea. There’s far less traffic these days than usual.


You're right, PP. I live near AU. Given the dramatic reduction in car traffic, why not close the residential side streets. It wouldn't be that difficult to stick to to Mass, Van Ness, Nebraska, etc. when driving. (Unless, of course, you park on those residential side streets cause you live there.)
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 19:21     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When everyone’s working from home, there are too many people on city sidewalks to achieve proper 6 foot spacing.

We need to dedicate streets to walkers and bikers, and close them to cars. Traffic is way down already.

Bowser and the DC council could do this right now.

Dedicate some streets to walkers, runners, and bikers.
Promote social distancing.


Stay home, morons.


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 19:20     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Love to see the bicyclists using a public health emergency to promote their stupid cause. Classy.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 16:45     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Not sure why the snark is so strong on this post. NYC has already closed some (not all, SOME) roads to cars, so that people can get fresh air without being on top of each other. It’s a good idea. There’s far less traffic these days than usual.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 16:07     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
I'm commuting by car right now as to avoid public transportation because I am in a closed loop. I am absolutely and totally aware of all the bikes and peds out there and wish them no harm. But personal responsibility goes both ways. Make yourselves visible and if nothing else look both ways.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 15:58     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And how do you want my essential worker husband to get himself and his equipment to the hospitals/labs to work?


Did you learn the difference between “some” and “all” in school?


I did, see: Are you going to ask all essential workers, or just some, which streets they use to access their jobs?


I see. The thing you didn’t learn in school was logic. Your sentence makes no sense.




If we’re talking about DC, one of 14th and 15th NW could be easily closed and used for people instead of cars.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 12:36     Subject: Re:Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:Welcome to the wonderful world of high density living! It’s quite the utopia.


According to the Snarky Growthers, density is the ideal and no one will drive anymore.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 11:26     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:Bikers need to be banned from riding on the roads.

And OP, you wanted to live in a tightly packed dense area well before social distancing was a thing. That’s your dumb fault, not the states.

You want people to ride their bikes on sidewalks? That’s incredibly dumb and even more dangerous.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 11:15     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Bikers need to be banned from riding on the roads.

And OP, you wanted to live in a tightly packed dense area well before social distancing was a thing. That’s your dumb fault, not the states.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 09:59     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How tf do you expect people to get to the grocery store, pharmacy, or doctor’s office?


Walking!



With 2 weeks worth of groceries for their household? You've got to be kidding me. Also, I'd be surprised if most people lived walking distance from their doctor. Mine is about 1.5 miles, so doable if you're young, able bodied, and not under the weather, but they send you to urgent care half an hour away by car on evenings and weekends.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 09:55     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And how do you want my essential worker husband to get himself and his equipment to the hospitals/labs to work?


Did you learn the difference between “some” and “all” in school?


I did, see: Are you going to ask all essential workers, or just some, which streets they use to access their jobs?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 08:44     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:How tf do you expect people to get to the grocery store, pharmacy, or doctor’s office?


Walking!

Anonymous
Post 03/29/2020 08:38     Subject: Too crowded. DMV governors and mayors: please dedicate streets to walkers and bikers
Anonymous wrote:And how do you want my essential worker husband to get himself and his equipment to the hospitals/labs to work?


Did you learn the difference between “some” and “all” in school?