Dan's Cafe

That had to have been the best post of the year, right?

It's better, sure, but 200 is still way too high. 2019's count was 166, it was as low as 116 in 2017, and the average in the 2010s was 127.

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Bruh. The driver in the story is awful, needs to go to prison for a long time, and probably is a murderer (but y'know, we let juries make the call), but to state that most people driving in the city would do something like this, is absurd and borderline misanthropic.

Well said - there is a very loud group that openly believes that the city (and suburbs, which is particularly hilarious) needs to convert as many auto lanes to bike lanes as possible, as soon as possible. I follow the need for some amount of better bike infrastructure but it needs to be additive to auto / mass transit capacity, not simply a reallocation- only the former will make it easier to get around for everyone. Telling people "you need to buy a bike and start pedaling, or sit in worse traffic" is absurd, and it really does reek of privilege.

And this isn't really a huge deal in the broader picture - it's no secret that reddit is an echo chamber incubator that amplifies extremist views just because they're loudest - but it is disappointing that the /r/washingtondc moderators have allowed this circlejerk to become such a large part of this sub, especially when there is a specific subreddit that already exists for bikes + DC.

Last time I was there was in 2019 (on a date no less!) and it was depressing AF

Come on man, I'm the biggest Metro fan on here, but it's common sense that public transit is not the solution for every trip and every person. And "deathtrap"? Seriously?