Washington DC refuses to say bike lanes are child safe – as bike lobby claims “play space”
Some of the most progressive actions on installing arbitrary bike lanes amidst the opposition of property and store owners is happening in Washington, DC. An active and well connected bike lobby group and a well connected citizens advocacy group have routine encounters. As in most cases, it is not the issue of bike lanes , but the inappropriate placement of them in terms of safety and common sense. The DC Safe Streets Coalition meets by ZOOM every Saturday morning to address the issue and to interact with other cities impacted by identical bike lobby efforts. They followed the Rhode Island case of the experiment to put bike lanes on East Side’s Hope Street where homeowners and store owners opposed. Their last effort was to present a Pet ition to Mayor Brett Smiley to assure that the bike lane project doesn’t return, but goes to a more suitable and common sense location. The Hope Street Merchants Association members are now advocating for sidewalk repairs and...