[Lincolnparkdc] DC Coalition rally on DDOT Bike Plans (DCDPB)

[Marche Maine]

Sorry Steve, I don't have the answers to your questions. Perhaps others in
the community do. Ive included them in this email.

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 12:51 PM Steve Marcus <sdmarcus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark -- I know you're not the author of the list-serv email that you
> posted, but I had a question about it and since you seem plugged into
> transportation conversations (although you may not be a municipal budgeting
> expert!) I wanted to ask you. As a non-car owner in DC, do my regular taxes
> pay for for road improvements? The message made it seem as if only "gas
> taxes, automobile taxes, user fees" and other expenses only shouldered by
> car owners go to pay for road improvements... my impression was the regular
> income tax in DC goes to pay for road improvements. Do you have a sense of
> whether the DDOT road improvement budget comes only from gas tax, auto tax,
> etc., or whether the budget is pooled from all tax revenue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> steve
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 11:10 AM Marche Maine <markrichardgrace at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Margaret (and others who have written to me ) thank you!  This abuse by
>> DDOT and its minions (e.g. WABA zealots) has real effects and is
>> unnecessarily aggravating people.
>> *Fully blame Charles Allen*. If you cannot attend the rally -
>> understanding very real concerns over COVID and groups of people - show
>> your support by letting Councilman Allen know how much you do not
>> appreciate his chilling disregard for the elderly, those who don't want to
>> bike, depend on their vehicles etc..etc...
>> Write to him and the others, they are cc'd on this email. BE VOCAL!
>>  Note that many of us ride bikes and use them actively, we are not
>> anti-bike.  My particular beef is with the speeders and scofflaws of
>> traffic safety, those drivers who rip through the neighborhood causing
>> mayhem. MPD has not been stopping them, DDOT and elected officials do not
>> use measures we currently have to slow them down or hit them in the pocket
>> book. They build obscenities like the "Dave Thomas Traffic Circle
>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/09/21/dc-dave-thomas-circle-wendys/>"
>> , vanity projects such as the two-tracks of the H.Street trolley, or ignore
>> real biker death spots like Mass. Ave. at Columbus Circle/Union Station.
>> *I am sharing another neighbor's eloquent piece::*
>> *Cc: Neighbors Email List <neighbors-ch at googlegroups.com
>> <neighbors-ch at googlegroups.com>>*
>>
>> *The District of Columbia spent over 350 million dollars creating bike
>> lanes for cyclists, in many cases by depriving residents of parking (e.g.,
>> recently proposed elimination of all parking on one side of North Carolina
>> Ave between 13th St NE & beyond).  Most of these residential bike lanes are
>> rarely used (e.g. Tennessee Ave NE between Constitution and E. Cap and 13th
>> Street SE to Pa. Ave which created a dangerous dog-leg for motorists at
>> Independence Ave).*
>>
>> *The funding for these bike lanes is paid for, not by cyclists, but by
>> residents, including and unfairly by those who are deprived of a place to
>> park in order to create bike lanes.  Unlike motorists, cyclists do not pay
>> for lanes, road improvements nor are they subject to gas taxes, automobile
>> taxes, user fees nor any other fees that are necessary to pay for road
>> improvements.  Nor are they subject to insurance requirements (health and
>> liability) or fines for failing to adhere to common road regulations.  They
>> are, in fact, “free riders” and, in effect, the recipients of
>> transportation welfare.*
>>
>> *Cyclists are not licensed, do not have to pass a test indicating they
>> know the rules of the road, and indeed, are more guilty than any other
>> class of driver of blowing through stop signs and signals, otherwise
>> unlawful turns, and traffic weaving at peril to themselves, drivers, and
>> pedestrians, including those who have installed trailers and seats to
>> transport young children.  Adult cyclists have been seen leading very young
>> child cyclists through stop signs without even slowing down. *
>>
>> *The Washington Area Bicycle Association (WABA) has become one of the
>> most influential lobbyists in the District and has influenced DC Council
>> members to approve parking restrictions, cyclist-welfare, and has
>> consistently resisted any user fees, the licensing of cyclists and their
>> bicycles as well as testing, notwithstanding the fact that they demand the
>> same use of roadways as motorists who pay for those roadways and who,
>> unlike cyclists adhere to rules of the road.*
>>
>> *As the number of cyclists grows and creates greater dangers to others,
>> it’s time for our DC Council Member(s) to step up and require licensing,
>> testing for knowledge of the rules of the road, insurance, and paying for
>> the lanes that are now paid for by motorists.  There is not nor has there
>> been a single argument of any value presented against these simple
>> requirements other than a major lobbying effort by WABA.  *
>>
>> *A great Senator once noted that, if you want to understand any issue of
>> consequence, "follow the dollar.”  Qui bono.*
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 10:12 AM Margaret Rafferty <
>> mhrafferty at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Mark,
>>>
>>> I live at. 103 Kentucky Ave where advisory bike lanes have been
>>> installed. Our neighborhood experienced tremendous DDOT overreach. It was
>>> an unpleasant (understatement) experience.I sent numerous letters to
>>> varying officials. Most were not acknowledged.
>>>
>>> I am so grateful for this rally and your efforts. You are an awesome
>>> writer! I will attend the rally and, if COVID safe, will stay. If not, know
>>> I am 100% in. Many on the 100 block of Kentucky are seniors (including
>>> myself) so if we don’t show up, know it’s because of Covid and we will
>>> follow you on the list serve & do what we can.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much,
>>>
>>> Margaret Rafferty
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Marche Maine <markrichardgrace at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>> There are growing pockets of resistance to DDOT’S overreach and poor
>>> communication with residents on bike lanes. The Lincoln Park neighborhood
>>> has been in DDOT’s cross sights as many of us are aware. The social
>>> inequities inherent in the placement of these bike lanes has created an
>>> organized resistance.  This Friday there will be a rally near Galluduet.
>>> Show your support, attend!
>>>
>>> http://www.theluvlounge.com/DCDBP.html
>>>
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