J_uptown

Livable streets, biking, transit, and a bit of politics.

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@Nick4Ward5 @kebursaw Fantastic stuff! Thanks for your leadership on this!

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@Nick4Ward5 @kebursaw To see what that looks like, see 17th St NW where it crosses Mass Ave (2 -> 4), 5th St NW where it turns into Park Pl (1 -> 2), and Irving St NW where it crosses Park Pl (2 -> 3). Drivers whip around slower vehicles at these locations.

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@Nick4Ward5 @kebursaw 1) a sudden doubling of car capacity seems more dangerous than goofy to me. This section will simultaneously be where people will speed AND where the bike lane ends.

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@robogreen @StreetsblogNYC @Julcuba @NYPDONeill @NYCMayor @Tellythecairn Are you suggesting these problems are the same magnitude?

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@Nick4Ward5 @kebursaw 2) on the bridge there is also nothing to turn left into. Why have a center left turn lane? Couldn't you do a wider buffer instead?

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@Nick4Ward5 @kebursaw Thanks! This is very exciting. 2 questions:
1) why stop at 7th, when there is a brand new PBL on 4th? Why keep 2 WB lanes from 7th to 4th, when it'll be only 1 WB lane on either end? Doesn't seem to make logical sense.

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This seems to have flown below the radar. @alexbaca https://t.co/cShqAzZcNL

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@EricFidler At the same time, @DDOTDC is spending hundreds of millions of dollars completely rebuilding curbs at intersections like this but not expanding the concrete sidewalks. Huge missed opportunity.

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You don't decide to build a bridge based on the number of people swimming across a river. But that's how we decide to improve #walkdc crossings.

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@DDOTDC @DDOTDCDirector @LindaBBailey DC can learn so much from Seattle. This proactive approach would help us get to #vzdc https://t.co/oXmojMz0HF

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Interesting take. https://t.co/PJyN2uLjIn

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@DDOTDC @RobbDooling And yet your capital plan to spend millions permanently reconstructing the street leaves most of it unprotected. #bikedc

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@ByRosenberg Do you disagree?

[Benjamin Ross @BenRossTransit]

Why does everyone talk about self-driving cars yet no one talks about self-speed-limit-obeying cars which can be built right now?

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#bikedc https://t.co/4AngTRxVoM

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@mattyglesias My next car will be an e-bike.