Posts tagged Nps
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Park Service rules stifle neighborhood events in Dupont
Inflexible National Park Service rules and rude employees have created huge headaches for neighbors in Dupont Circle trying to bring community energy to their neighborhood park. Over 2,000 people, many decked out in flags or other creative costumes, packed Dupont Circle last summer to watch the United States play England in the first round of the World Cup. That was just one… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stronger connections
Intercity buses join the Union (Station); Prince George’s joins digital age; Should bike helmets be mandatory?; Howard fraternity celebrates centennial; DC’s Trump (clock)tower; We want jobs; Buy local in Georgetown; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kicked out
NPS punts soccer team from the Ellipse; Bikes make it across the bridge; Metro morsels; Arlington faces heat for protecting its residents; Black folks can gentrify, too?; Developers sad that sprawl may be harder; Consequences of Congress; Poplar Point won’t get DHS project; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Law and Order
Commuter scofflaws get amnesty; We know so little about crime; Tourmobile contract invalid?; How to legalize urbanism; Bethesda ditches nostalgic buses; No brain drain at DDOT?; Is CaBi becoming a victim of its own success?; Bike lanes on Oregon Ave?; And…. Keep reading…
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Park Service inflexibility draws criticism from Congress
Last night, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) brought up the pervasive problems with the National Park Service through an Interior Appropriations amendment. It was withdrawn as an unpermitted earmark, but Reps. Jim Moran (D-VA) and Mike Simpson (R-ID) both expressed support for ending the Park Service’s “one size fits all” approach to urban parks. You… Keep reading…
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Norton wants to push Park Service to be more responsive
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has joined the chorus of voices calling for the National Park Service to be more flexible and work better with local communities to manage their many DC parks, large and small. On Sunday, the Post published an op-ed I wrote summarizing the issues with the Park Service. Chief among them is the frequent refrain that they have to apply the exact… Keep reading…
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Crash shows need for safer crossings; is NPS listening?
A three-car crash last Thursday morning at a trail crossing on the George Washington Parkway once again highlights the need for the National Park Service to take action on critical safety improvements. A driver stopped for a cyclist crossing the parkway at a marked crosswalk, but when an approaching pickup truck did not slow down, the cyclist hesitated. It very well could have… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Feds slowly seeing the light
GSA will charge for parking; CaBi might come to the Mall, eventually; WMATA raises upheld; Judge tosses charges for cyclist-assaulting driver; Density can be counterintuitive; Mortgage interest deduction is a lopsided subsidy; NYC transit chief quits for “a much better job”; And…. Keep reading…
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Park Service says no bike sharing on National Mall
The National Park Service spokesperson told Spokes Magazine that putting Capital Bikeshare stations on the Mall would violate its historic purpose, and implies that it just serves a “select few” “select individuals” instead of “American citizens.” You’d think the National Park Service would be interested in sustainability… Keep reading…
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HDR time-lapse shows Washington in a new light
Photographer Drew Geraci created this great sequence of time-lapse HDR photos around the District (and surrounding jurisdictions). Keep reading…