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February 10, 2025

Is the City Lying to Us About Bike Lanes?

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Is the City Lying to Us About Bike Lanes?

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Bike lanes are weirdly one of the most emotional subjects in DC, and Washington Post columnist Marc Fischer stirred up a lot of that emotion with a recent column that was sharply critical of them, or at least sharply critical of how the city has sold them. He shares what he learned while reporting the column, and the wild reaction it got. 

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