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Can you point me to where NPS said “cars were bad for the park”?[/quote]

When it closed Beach Drive permanently.[/quote]
Did they? Have a link or evidence?

I’d hate to believe that you’re just making this up. [/quote]

So you think cars spewing carbon based exhaust into the park is ok?[/quote]
Thank you for confirming that NPS never said “cars were bad for the park” as the rationale for the decision and that you made that up. I’m glad that you are big enough to admit your error.[/quote]

Adding pollution is never good for the environment. [/quote]
Increasing congestion increases pollution. Thanks for the talk. [/quote]

There is already congestion and the park is already closed. At least the park is cleaner now than it was. And going forward it will continue to heal.[/quote]
NPS found that continued closure led to increased degradation of habitat in the park due to pedestrian users making their own trails. [/quote]

This is the salient point that's being ignored by all the people saying the park is now cleaner (HAHA! might as well just say you've never been on the trails) and this is an environmental decision.  Cars on Upper Beach weren't destroying RCP.  But during the lockdown NPS did a survey and found that pedestrians were, by tromping everywhere (leaving trash) and not sticking to the marked trails.

I don't drive to work, and never drive on Beach above Joyce.  But it's telling that the people celebrating this as a win for Mother Earth are just making things up because they sound like they *should* be true.[/quote]

That's a particularly dumb attempt at a point that an intelligent person should be embarrassed to repeat.[/quote]

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