Posts tagged Tour Guides
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Breakfast links: Stop-and-go
Red light, green light; Metro isn’t alone; Homeless shelter plan, refined; Metro puts late-night service to bed; When SafeTrack comes too late; That’s the tweet of the police; DC’s dining stars; The price of parking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the rise
Fares. hiked; Study the lane now!; MoveDC draws AAA ire; How to broaden CaBi?; Spies like us; Give tours freely; Mile high transit; Dream of the 1890s; Don’t stop for ducks?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who needs a license?
Taxis vs. the future; License to tour; Not too high; Get ready to bike to work; No place to park; Bus flips; From students to Shakespeare; Solar pavement; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Slow beyond the Beltway
Silver Line delayed; PG dodges water crisis; Clarksburg concerns; 2 die on bikes in Maryland; Steal bike, get stung; Forget statehood, DC goes to Maryland; House not keen on autonomy; The unlicensed show monuments; More retailers oppose wage bill; And…. Keep reading…
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Life as a tour guide: Why can’t tour groups take the Metro?
Tour groups to DC arrive in an endless stream of big honking tour buses. People frequently ask, “Why can’t these kids just walk and use the Metro?” It’s a fair question. After all, I’m willing to bet just about every reader out there has been a tourist in a new city and managed to poke around without the benefit of a motor coach. We have an extensive… Keep reading…
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Are tour guide licenses unconstitutional?
Washington, DC is one of a handful of cities that requires tour guide licenses. As a guide in DC, I’m required to fill out some forms, pay some fees, and sit down for a written test. Thanks to some recent reforms within the District’s Department of Consumer Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), this a relatively painless process. I did it in DC and New York, and am none the worse… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skating into the weekend
Cities on the radio; Imagine the Mall; Really, we’re one city; Inside a liquor license protest; SEPTA gives back; SmarTrip changes to be delayed; Protesting homeowners’ association rules; DC tour guide licensing. Keep reading…
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Life as a DC tour guide, part 1: Impossible schedules
Tourism, and the consequent presence of tourists, is a way of life in Washington, DC. But what does the perennial tourist swarm look like from the other side: the tour guide’s point of view? One of the most persistent complaints, both from DC residents and visitors, are about tour buses and the accompanying congestion. A recent letter by Senator Webb (D-VA) criticized congestion… Keep reading…