Snow plowin’

[OneEighth]

Sweet. Can’t wait to hear the after action report.

[Raymo853]

Hopes dashed. [ATTACH]4765[/ATTACH]

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[Steve O]

There were vehicle tracks on the Custis/WOD along I-66 near Ohio St, but just the tracks. They had either entered or exited at the entrance just east of Ohio near Montana St and went west towards EFC. I didn’t travel anywhere on the trail, so I don’t know where they went.

[consularrider]

Yep, saw those tracks at 3 pm and just took the road to check out for tomorrow’s commute

[Raymo853]

I did find it plowed from Walter Reed up to at least Sparrow pond. It was plowed beyond that bit I did not go further. [ATTACH]4776[/ATTACH]

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[consularrider]

I didn’t bother to try the MUPs since I knew NPS wouldn’t have done anything with the MVT.

[chris_s]

http://org.salsalabs.com/o/451/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15077

TAKE ACTION.

Be sure to tell them a “world class community” would plow its trails. You know, like Minneapolis.

[dasgeh]

@chris_s 77464 wrote:

http://org.salsalabs.com/o/451/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15077

TAKE ACTION.

Be sure to tell them a “world class community” would plow its trails. You know, like Minneapolis.

Thanks, WABA, for putting this together. I added a few points to the standard text:
– The trails could very easily be cleared if Arlington County made doing so a priority. Clearing trails would cost a small fraction of clearing streets, and Arlington clears even lightly used streets.

– While this winter may seem like an anomaly, climate scientist agree that we should expect more extreme weather – and more winters like this one – in the future. We shouldn’t bury our heads in the sand – or in the snow – we should plan to allow Arlington to keeping living through whatever weather comes our way.

[Terpfan]

Out of curiosity, as I know some of you have definitely asked them before, why exactly can’t NPS plow the MVT? I notice they manage to plow the parking lots along it and they even plow the sidewalks inside the city, so I can’t quite figure out what’s stopping them. I’m guessing they’ll claim resources or some nonsense like that, but is there a real reason?

[cyclingfool]

AFAIK, this is their “real” reason:

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[Arlingtonrider]

I think someone on twitter said that NPS plowed the CCT, but I don’t know if that was correct. Even if NPS couldn’t get all of the MVT plowed, it would be great if they could do the part most commuted on.

[Terpfan]

@Arlingtonrider 77606 wrote:

I think someone on twitter said that NPS plowed the CCT, but I don’t know if that was correct. Even if NPS couldn’t get all of the MVT plowed, it would be great if they could do the part most commuted on.

If they could at least do the flat stretch from Dyke Marsh to Roslyn or close, that would be big. Or really, any of it from say OT inward. I could figure out roads to it as I’ve done before.

[KLizotte]

What about the wooden bridges though? They probably can’t run small snow plowing vehicles over them and the MVT is too long for a snow blower.

[dasgeh]

@KLizotte 77612 wrote:

What about the wooden bridges though? They probably can’t run small snow plowing vehicles over them and the MVT is too long for a snow blower.

Run a gator with a snow plow on the parts that can handle it, then throw a snow blower on the back for the parts that can’t.

Plenty of other places in the world plow trails. It is not rocket science.

[DCAKen]

I recent wrote to the Rock Creek Park superintendent to ask that they plow the main trail after a snowfall and I got this reply on Friday

Thank you for your interest. The Rock Creek Park multi-use trail is open to all forms of non-motorized recreation in the park. Removing snow and ice from trails including the multi-use asphalt trail, bridle trails, and foot trails throughout the park is not a part of the Rock Creek Park Snow Management Plan. Additionally, the park does not have the resources to remove snow and ice from the multi-use trail. Clearing this trail would also require the use of snow melting products which would add to the environmental impact to the park. As temperatures warm and the snow and ice melts, the park does generally remove the remaining snow or ice patches to make the trail safe for all users.

Unfortunately, they seem to think that if the main trail is cleared, all trails must be cleared (even the unpaved ones!). And I don’t know why they think that plowing also means using “snow melting” products.

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