It would help the situation a lot of if there were clear signage on the DC side indicating that one should cross on the South side of the Memorial Bridge in order to get to the MVT (or generally, in order to stay safe — that crossing after the North side of the bridge has horrible sightlines and often cars are FLYING). I see quite a number of runners and cyclists looking for the MVT over there. Cyclists, if they figure it out, don’t mind the extra mileage to go up to the crosswalk, come back, and get the MVT safely, but for runners, I agree that’s too much to ask.
Or course, that would require NPS to put up signs to help people on foot/bikes get around, which would imply that NPS cares about people who aren’t in cars…
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