Actually they said they were "committed to improved #GWMP access through @bikeshare" which is funny since bikes aren't allowed on the GWMP. But anyway, this morning WAMU's Martin Di Caro reported that plans to add bikeshare stations along the Mt. Vernon trail adn areas nearby were in jeopardy.
The Arlington Cemetery Metro station, the Air Force Memorial, the Pentagon entrance at Army Navy Drive, the Roosevelt Island entrance, Rosslyn Circle, Gravelly Point and two stations at Reagan National Airport would all get Bikeshare docks under the plan.
But now sources inside Arlington County government say the National Park Service wants out. The agency is asking Arlington to find other places to put the Bikeshare stations because it no longer wants them. It is unclear why, and Park Service officials were not available for comment.
But then NPS tweeted
We're committed to improved #GWMP access through @bikeshare. Working with @ArlingtonVA to implement stations. Claims to contrary are false.
— NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) May 4, 2015
So we'll see how this all shakes out. CaBi at DCA would be awesome
It's all just a trick to lure us in, then set the Secret Service on us.
Posted by: Crickey7 | May 04, 2015 at 01:44 PM
"since bikes aren't allowed on the GWMP."
Per their tweet, I now believe they are ;). I did have the discussion about this once with a PP Officer. It was during the shutdown where he tried telling me I wasn't supposed to me on the MVT. I told him something to the effect of sure thing, I'm glad to ride on the GWMP, to which he said was not permissible. I said, well, I'm riding home from work the same as them. So either I'm on the trail or the parkway, you decide. (He didn't respond except to grunt while I continued on my way).
Posted by: T | May 04, 2015 at 01:56 PM
I would 100% get a CaBi membership if there was a station at National
Posted by: Atlas | May 04, 2015 at 02:22 PM
Who is the new anti Cabi troll on GGW? That handle is against CaBi in NPS, against DC streetcar, and is posting about how easy it is to find affordable market rate housing in DC. Hitting all the right memes, eh? Certain regular trolls not showing today. Hmm.
Posted by: GGWgonewild | May 04, 2015 at 04:37 PM
In NPS speak, "GWMP" refers to all of the parkland associated with that parkway, managed by NPS as one park unit. So it includes Gravelly Point, Dyke Marsh, Fort Hunt, Great Falls, Turkey Run, the Potomac Heritage Trail, and even Clara Barton Parkway (and that's not a comprehensive list).
Posted by: Purple Eagle | May 05, 2015 at 10:53 AM