Maryland Delegate Bill Frick (D-Montgomery) read last week’s Breakfast Links, which included an item from Mount Pleasant ANC Commissioner Jack McKay. Currently, the Park Service opens the road at 7 pm. During Daylight Saving Time, it’s still light out. That means cars start zooming through the park while pedestrians and cyclists are still in the midst of enjoying the road. McKay recommended keeping Rock Creek’s Beach Drive closed to weekend traffic at least until dark.

That made sense to Frick. He wrote a letter to the Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, asking NPS to follow McKay’s suggestion. Yesterday, he forwarded it along, writing, “We have sent this letter to the Park Service, picking up on Mr. McKay’s comments as read on GGW.” We’ll see if NPS takes the suggestion.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.