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Gray on Bike Lanes and Smart Growth

“I thought they were high when they did [the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes].  They are really ludicrous.”

• Gray doesn’t bike, but he supports bike riding and encourages it as energy efficient.
• Reserved bike lanes in some areas of the city (i.e. 9th Street NW) back of traffic.  In other areas, the lack of bike lanes have the same result.  The lanes do not seem well planned.  “I’m not sure we have figured out how to do it yet,” said Gray. 
• Pennsylvania Avenue lanes are particularly dangerous.
• Supports transit-oriented development around metro stations.
• theother35percent: I didn’t get the impression that installing more bike lanes would be high on Gray’s priority list.

Gray on Church Parking

“I’m not suggesting blame on either side.”

• Gray acknowledge that the city should enforce the law when drivers block crosswalks, hydrants, or other cars on Sundays.
• He’ll work with the community and churches to solve the problem.
• theother35percent: Ironic that Gray makes a stink about how Maryland and Virginia residents don’t have to pay DC taxes, but then suggests out-of-state residents who ignore DC law have equally valid concerns with DC residents who have legitimate safety and quality-of-life issues.

Just want to say few things about this.

Church Parking - i do not care what you are doing and how you are doing it. If you double park and block hydrants or even jaywalk, ticket them.
I would dispatch a team of parking enforces to the areas highly affected by this plague. Few people complained about STREET PARKING (meaning public, does not belong to anyone, treat it like one of the elements) when BigBearCafe was trying to open up. Ticket and tax if out of state: MD, VA

Bike Lanes - Where do people work? Where do people live? If they bike, give them bike lanes. Q, R, and T street bike lanes are magical! Several years ago there were none. I’d be curious to see the statistics among bicycle/vehicle collisions before/after the bikes lanes were in place. I’m just worried Mr.Gray would remove the bike lanes all together, since it is not his priority.

These are my two cents.

Quotes above are from here.
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