MVT Near the Airport

[Judd]

@Rootchopper 203045 wrote:

I don’t. It wasn’t continuous but it was better than nothing.

I usually ride this section with one hand shielding my eyes.

I was able to check it out on Streetview images from 2008. Pretty significant loss of foliage. Ive done some initial research on some possible plants to serve as screens and how to get them at a free or low price.

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Back before 2000 (before my time), there appeared to be a few more bushes between the MVT and GWMP along the fence. We may be forced to rely on Rootchopper’s memory. See Google Earth chronology.

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@Judd 203048 wrote:

Ive done some initial research on some possible plants to serve as screens and how to get them at a free or low price.

Does the NPS have anything useful in their nursery?

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@Judd 203048 wrote:

Ive done some initial research on some possible plants to serve as screens and how to get them at a free or low price.

Does the NPS have anything useful in their nursery?

[Judd]

@dbb 203051 wrote:

Does the NPS have anything useful in their nursery?

The nursery ceased operations this year. I didn’t hear a lot of detail about the decision but my understanding was that the resources to run the nursery were more costly than buying wholesale and that the species that are typically planted are more available in the marketplace than they used to be.

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[bentbike33]

@dbb 203035 wrote:

Drop the speed limit on the Parkway to 25 and put speed cameras every 100 yards randomly in the traffic lanes. FIFY

No, ban cars as the GWMP is too dangerous for them anyway, give the Parkway to bikes and the MVT to pedestrians. Then all headlight disputes can be remanded to this forum.

[Zack]

@Judd 203026 wrote:

If there was the possibility of one major trail improvement on the Mount Vernon Trail near the airport, what would you like to see? Below are items that are contained in various NPS reports.

1. Improve the junction of Mount Vernon Trail and Four Mile Run Trail. A traffic circle was proposed as a solution in the National Capital Paved Trails report and the Mount Vernon Trail Corridor Safety study.
2. Straightening, widening and repaving of the trail from Four Mile Run northward. The Trail Safety study identified the curves and pavement conditions at the south end of the airport has a contributor to a number of crashes.
3. Improved crossing of the ramp from the airport to the Parkway (it’s that one where trail users have a stop sign, but cars often yield, but sometimes they don’t)
4. Gravelly Point bypass trail. There’s a concept to create a trail on the west side of Gravelly Point to allow through traffic to avoid the large amount of plane watchers and picnickers.
5. Something else?

For number 3, I would like that ramp closed completely. It is not safe for people driving since there is no merge zone and the north exit is safer and faster for people driving. It was closed during trail improvements and the airport still functioned.

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