Bike Tolls

[jabberwocky]

@elbows 97637 wrote:

Hopefully it would be less disproportional than the fee at Great Falls National Park where a 4,300 pound CO2 and pollutant emitting vehicle with two people riding in it costs less than 2 cyclists pay.

…People pay to enter Great Falls on a bike?

[mstone]

@jabberwocky 97641 wrote:

…People pay to enter Great Falls on a bike?

Are you thinking of the C&O at Great Falls, which is on the other side of the river?

[JimF22003]

@mstone 97639 wrote:

That’s standard for all NPS properties. Shenandoah is just as asinine: $15 for a clown car with as many people as you can shove into it, $8 per person without a car. Because car infrastructure saves them money. Or something.

Agree, but… $30 for an annual pass is the way to go.

[mstone]

@JimF22003 97646 wrote:

Agree, but… $30 for an annual pass is the way to go.

Discrepency still holds. My $30 annual fee will get me and 7 friends in the park in my minivan, or me and 3 friends on bikes. Because cars. If I had one of those 15 passenger vans, then I could really cash in.

[DismalScientist]

@mstone 97643 wrote:

Are you thinking of the C&O at Great Falls, which is on the other side of the river?

You can skip the tolls by taking the “Carriage Road” on the VA side. On the MD side, there’s obviously the towpath and Burma Road.

[DismalScientist]

@JimF22003 97646 wrote:

Agree, but… $30 for an annual pass is the way to go.

The real way to go is turn 62 and buy a Golden Eagle pass for $10, which gives free admission to all national parks until you croak. After all, old people vote.

[jabberwocky]

@mstone 97643 wrote:

Are you thinking of the C&O at Great Falls, which is on the other side of the river?

I meant the one right down the road in Great Falls VA (where I work). Granted, I’ve never ridden a road bike in, but I’ve ridden a MTB in many times and can’t remember ever paying anything.

[baiskeli]

@DismalScientist 97652 wrote:

The real way to go is turn 62 and buy a Golden Eagle pass for $10, which gives free admission to all national parks until you croak. After, old people vote.

I’m not 62 yet, but I am old enough to remember when all national parks had free admission for everyone.

[Steve O]

@mstone 97648 wrote:

If I had one of those 15 passenger vans, then I could really cash in.

But you need 14 friends.

[mstone]

@Steve O 97668 wrote:

But you need 14 friends.

No, I need 14 cyclists who want to save $6

[hozn]

@jabberwocky 97654 wrote:

I meant the one right down the road in Great Falls VA (where I work). Granted, I’ve never ridden a road bike in, but I’ve ridden a MTB in many times and can’t remember ever paying anything.

Yeah, agreed, you don’t have to pay to ride a MTB into the park. And I have no idea why someone would ride a road bike in; riding on Georgetown or Old Dominion sounds ill advised.

[jabberwocky]

@hozn 97675 wrote:

Yeah, agreed, you don’t have to pay to ride a MTB into the park. And I have no idea why someone would ride a road bike in; riding on Georgetown or Old Dominion sounds ill advised.

I’ve done it. At rush hour. It sorta sucks.

[elbows]

I have paid to ride my MTB into the park.

[mstone]

@elbows 97735 wrote:

I have paid to ride my MTB into the park.

I actually don’t mind paying something, as I appreciate the parks and I know that NPS is chronically underfunded. I just think their fee schedule is insane.

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