Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Park
Originally uploaded by birdcage.

I am taking the liberty of reprinting this entry from the Columbia Heights yahoogroup. The writer took advantage of Rock Creek Park being closed to cars because of flooding.

(very slightly edited) From Peep:

Now is your chance...run, walk, bike on Rock Creek Parkway!

I ran this morning even in the rain because the chance to run the length of Rock Creek down to the Kennedy Center is something I could not pass up. I heard birds chirping, the sound of a very full Rock Creek flowing, and even the wind blowing. No cars, no cars, no cars!!!

The politicians and our WONDERFUL elected officials are so afraid of this. Why? Because all of the cars had to take the Beltway, drive through downtown, or take some other way to get to work and did we have any major disasters with traffic? No! I drove through downtown this morning (7:30AM) on Connecticut Avenue to 21st Street down to Constitution and it only took me 15 minutes.

Now this proves that we can safely close the entire length of Rock Creek Parkway on the weekends with no problem!! Why not??

The traffic is even lighter on the weekends without all the Feds going to work. I know you people who oppose this will say boo hoo! This is a critical route for people, emergency vehicles, blah, blah, blah. Well, become a politician then if you want to complain that much (sorry venting now before I read the hater's posts).

I think we should reclaim Rock Creek Parkway back for the people who run, walk, and bike - people who help the environment. Why reward people who drive cars that produce ozone and damage the environment. What a dumba$$ way of thinking.

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