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Apart from Tommy Wells, every member of the DC Council drives everywhere for everything. Literally. They are a "city" council, but in the way they live daily lives, they might as well be the county commissioners of an exurban county. The fact that our political leaders drive everywhere for everything goes a long way towards explaining the lousy service I put up with every day on the D6 and X2 buses. It also explains why and that they are so quick to cave in to NIMBYS who oppose higher density near Metro stations. If they had to regularly ride those crappy and unreliable buses, we would not be debating streetcars or a new subway tunnel -- they would be under construction. Similarly, the argument that density near Metro stations will create traffic and parking problems resonates with them, because they cannot imagine that anyone would go car-free, no matter how close they live to transit.

by rg on Dec 17, 2008 9:14 am • link • report

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