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Re:How Washington DC Got Its Metro by sp527 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @10:47AM (#37690301)
You sound like you're deeply entrenched in bicyclist activism or something, but I'll try to elaborate on my view any way:

Keeping bicyclists off the road hurts no one. There are cars, public transit, Uber/Lyft, sidewalks+crosswalks, etc. No one is entitled to be able to ride a bike on the road in the same way that no one is entitled to be able to transport themselves via jetpack. If it can't be orchestrated in a way that doesn't result in misbehavior, then it's not a workable construct.

Re:How Washington DC Got Its Metro by DonHopkins on Friday September 29, 2023 @08:02AM (#37702567)
That's bullshit and you know it, troll. You sound like you're deeply entrenched in alt-right MAGA conspiracy theory anti-environmental climate change denial activism or something. Does the mere thought of 15-minute cities make you furious and apoplectic?

Allowing people to drive cars on public roads certainly can't be orchestrated in a way that deters misbehavior, and their misbehavior regularly injures and kills orders of magnitude more people than bicyclists ever do, by far.

Extremist anti-bicycle activists like yourself sometimes even purposely harass, injure, and kill bicyclists by "rolling coal" on them, and often driving dangerously on purpose to threaten and scare them.

By your own sick logic, you yourself should not be permitted to drive a car on public roads, because of purposefully irresponsible drivers like these (who are unsurprisingly often from Texas, one of the most historically racist, anti-environmentalist, pro-slavery, anti-LGBTQ+, misogynistic, alt-right, unjustifiably arrogant, anti-bike states in the Union, that STILL tries to foment insurrection and secede from the United States to this day):

Texas Driver Posts Video Rolling Coal on Cyclists—and Is Surprised by the Consequences:

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a39797952/driver-posts-video-...

Charges filed against Texas teen who a witness says hurt six bicyclists while trying to 'roll coal':

https://www.abc15.com/news/national/charges-filed-against-te...

Rolling Coal Road Rage and close pass of cyclist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83dT-2kCDU

Texas Republican Introduces Bill Calling for Vote on Secession (MARCH 6, 2023):

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-re...

If you really hate sharing the road with bicyclists that much, then move to Texas and vote to secede, but until you manage to kick yourself out of the United States, the law of the land says that you have to tolerate bikes and minorities no matter how much you hate them.