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Existing365Chocolate t1_ixhqf8w wrote

This will probably just result in less bike lanes

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Spaghettidan t1_ixhsr1s wrote

And more handicapped people after bikers get run over

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Existing365Chocolate t1_ixhttm5 wrote

Which is fine because there will be more handicap-accessible street parking due to the fewer bike lanes

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brodies t1_ixj0lwz wrote

That’s the point. The reporting on this has been bad because reporters are treating it as a good faith lawsuit, when in reality it’s more Nick DelleDonne and Ed Hanlon nonsense. They’re both nutters and seemingly the sole (or at least primary) people behind the Dupont East Civic Action Association (one of the plaintiffs in this suit) and have made opposing bike lanes on 17th St NW his raison d’etre (also really hate the apartment building at 15th and S). DelleDonne has previously been featured on this subreddit for stunts like setting up a table with a coffee urn blocking bike lanes between a parking lane and sidewalk (meaning bikers had to dismount and carry their bikes on the sidewalk to get around him), holding town halls wherein he blamed bike lanes for children getting killed by cars, and, most hilariously, blaming bike lanes for inflation. This suit has little to do with safety for disabled people; it’s just about blocking bike lanes.

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sven_ftw t1_ixjpzkb wrote

Exactly. The NBC people were even like "they aren't against bike lanes". Horseshit. Lance and NDD think the solution to bike safety issues is for bike riders to grow up and drive instead of riding their bikes in traffic.

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