I think I meant to type “sight” in the title. [The forum gods have acted!]
I’m mostly neutral on this. Yes, it’s a little cheesy, but it won’t change the skyline that much. National Harbor already has a prominent presence along the river, with lots of lights. The Wheel won’t change that either way, except to add something curvy.
I was wondering about the height, compared to the Wilson Bridge too. The ride across the bridge is cool, except for all of those expansion joints.
The water taxi between Old Town and NH is nice. I’ll probably try out the Wheel at some point. But I think I’ll wait a month or two, just in case they haven’t worked out all of the bugs. I don’t want to be a guinea pig for them.
I hope Peterson gets going with a possible Capital Bikeshare plan. There have been some brief mentions in articles, but no definite timetables yet. More adventurous members can ride between Old Town and NH, although I doubt many casual cyclists will do that. Others might ride from NH to the bridge and back. NH is large enough that just having a small group of stations scattered across the grounds would be useful.
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