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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The arboretum has dozens of specific walks and trails that start from different parking lots.  People aren’t touring the arboretum by car.  They are driving to the parking lot nearest their favorite trail.  There are also may trails in the woods and fields that are no where near the road and you can walk uninterrupted by traffic.  You don’t need to walk on the driving roads.  [/quote]

Why oh why should a nature park be criss-crossed with car routes to drive to parking lots? Can you not see how absurd that is?  [/quote]

No.  It’s not absurd.  The Arboretum is not a nature preserve.  It’s a carefully curated collection of botanicals,  each with its own section of the park.  Most people go there to see a particular area (Ie the azalea collection, the Japanese garden, the children’s garden, the bonsai collection, etc.).  If you want to walk in an undifferentiated open space, go to an actual nature preserve.  [/quote]

how is it not a nature preserve? It's a national park and an arboretum.  I'm sorry, the idea that you are entitled to drive all over and through it to park, get out, look at an azalea, then drive to the other corner, park, get out, look at a dogwood, is ... just absurd.  Maybe they could have a trolly for people who really do refuse to walk/bike. Rock Creek Park, Central Park, Prospect Park all have the right idea in increasingly deprioritizing car traffic.  National Arborteum should too.  [/quote]

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