Photo by bsabarnowl.

We have three

four locations set up so far for shoveling out bus stops this afternoon as Dennis suggested:

  • Columbia Heights: West side Metro entrance (Dennis)
  • Dupont Circle: North entrance at Q Street (David)
  • H Street: 16th and H, NE on the north side to shovel out the X2 stop (Lance Brown)
  • Georgetown: On the M street bridge from Foggy Bottom, to shovel the sidewalk (rallycap and mogwit)

Each will go from 3 pm to 4 pm. We’ll shovel what we can in that hour.

There’s also one tomorrow:

  • New York Avenue: M Street entrance, Monday 10 am to 1 pm (Tony Goodman)

If you can join in any of these four outings (or organize another), please comment below to help us plan. There are plenty of bus stops and sidewalks that need shoveling, so if we have more people, we’ll split into groups and tackle more areas.

For the Dupont one, I have an old garden shovel or two, which I will bring and any shovel-less participants can help break up ice. Based on that, we might try clearing the sidewalk where Q goes over Connecticut Avenue, which is very icy.

Dennis and I are going to buy a couple of extra shovels, assuming our local hardware stores have them have two extra shovels each. However, please bring one if you can. If you will show up but have no shovel, say so in the comments so we know how many to try to get; if you have extras you can bring, say that too.

Please continue spreading the word as well. Thanks to Prince of Petworth, Borderstan, and Richard Layman for posting about the effort.