Anonymous
04/19/2023 16:39
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.
We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.
That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.
there’s no downside to you taking the metro from Bethesda to downtown.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 16:37
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.
+1
Anonymous
04/19/2023 15:52
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.
We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.
That would also be more beneficial to the environment then bike lanes. Unfortunately that would destroy the entire economy and cause people to starve. There's no associated systemic downsides with planting trees in the bike lanes.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 15:03
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.
We’ll just plant trees in the car lane.
Anonymous
04/19/2023 11:13
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
People don't bike when it's hot outside.
Yes, people do. Maybe you don't, but people who are not you do.
You are right and the PP is wrong. Bike counters show that a lot of people bike when it’s hot outside. When they absolutely don’t bike is the six months out of the year when it’s cold.
People also bike when it's cold. Which, in the DC area, it is not for six months out of the year.
People do not bike in the cold. The bike counters drop an order of magnitude from thousands to hundreds during the cold six months of the year. December and January is basically no one. You might believe it’s true but the data doesn’t support what you’re saying, sorry.
So, actually, people do bike in the cold (or "cold").
Anonymous
04/19/2023 10:48
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Heck, planting trees in the bike lanes would do more for global warming.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 23:23
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
Riding bikes makes *zero* difference to global warming. It’s purely symbolic.
Cars make a big difference in global warming. You're right that any one individual's choice to bike vs. drive is meaningless, but that doesn't mean making it easier for people not to drive isn't helpful for slowing climate change.
Not really. Transportation emissions from private vehicles are a small part of the pie. You would get more bang for your buck in CO2 emissions by reducing air travel. For example, one seat on a round trip flight from DC to Tokyo produces about the same GHG emissions as a family car in the US. If you’re biking to work but flying all over the world then you are not really helping anything.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 23:16
Subject: K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.
+1000
Well stated. Everything is a complaint. A few block detour on your bike? Get over it.
A few minutes longer on your drive? A few yards further on your walk from your parking spot to your destination? Get over it.
That’s the current reality for cars and there are several apps that support car drivers finding the best routes and the best parking spots. It’s also not too different for transit riders, who may need to make multiple transfers and unwanted stops along the way to pick up other riders. Living in a city means that we should expect to be somewhat inconvenienced as a normal course of business.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 23:12
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
People don't bike when it's hot outside.
Yes, people do. Maybe you don't, but people who are not you do.
You are right and the PP is wrong. Bike counters show that a lot of people bike when it’s hot outside. When they absolutely don’t bike is the six months out of the year when it’s cold.
People also bike when it's cold. Which, in the DC area, it is not for six months out of the year.
People do not bike in the cold. The bike counters drop an order of magnitude from thousands to hundreds during the cold six months of the year. December and January is basically no one. You might believe it’s true but the data doesn’t support what you’re saying, sorry.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 22:58
Subject: K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.
+1000
Well stated. Everything is a complaint. A few block detour on your bike? Get over it.
A few minutes longer on your drive? A few yards further on your walk from your parking spot to your destination? Get over it.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 22:58
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
It sounds like at least one poster wants a direct protected bike lane from your home to office? So can I get a direct bus route from my house to office? Metro stop outside my house and a stop directly in front of my office without switching lines? Sounds ridiculous, just like complaining about a detour of a few blocks to bike to work.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 22:56
Subject: K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.
+1000
Well stated. Everything is a complaint. A few block detour on your bike? Get over it.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 22:16
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
People don't bike when it's hot outside.
Yes, people do. Maybe you don't, but people who are not you do.
You are right and the PP is wrong. Bike counters show that a lot of people bike when it’s hot outside. When they absolutely don’t bike is the six months out of the year when it’s cold.
People also bike when it's cold. Which, in the DC area, it is not for six months out of the year.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 22:11
Subject: Re:K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People barely use the bike lanes we already have. The number of cyclists is pathetically small, especially given how relentlessly the city promotes it.
This is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. Maybe it’s time we start making it easier for people to commute without making things even worse. If you care at all about the planet we will leave future generations, maybe you should also get behind that.
People don't bike when it's hot outside.
Yes, people do. Maybe you don't, but people who are not you do.
You are right and the PP is wrong. Bike counters show that a lot of people bike when it’s hot outside. When they absolutely don’t bike is the six months out of the year when it’s cold.
Anonymous
04/18/2023 20:59
Subject: K Street Transitway
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why people keep saying that no one uses the bike lanes. I walk every day from Farragut north to McPherson and see lots of people using the north/south bike lanes that cross K. The other day I was irritated because there was a man waiting to cross the street and he was standing off the curb right in the bike lane. The biker, who has the right of way and green light, rang her bell at him repeatedly but he was oblivious, and she needed to swerve into the traffic lane to avoid him. People are so rude. Of course he was on his phone.
Pedestrians actually always have right of way, even in the bike lane. It’s rude to stand in it, and I’m always happy to roll my eyes at people who do that as I swerve my bike into the street to avoid them, but that’s the law.