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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's no longer a tram because funding was cut.

I think it's really cute that someone thinks FONA will get more donations if it's pedestrianized, though. I'm sure that's why OP hasn't donated yet.

The place operates on fumes.[/quote]

I mean, all the more reason to revitalize it and make it a more attractive place for what DC clearly wants - pedestrian-focused areas for recreation. It's not hard to see this trend, from Beach Drive to Navy Yard to the Wharf to RFK Fields.  [/quote]

It's what [i]you[/i] clearly want.  Only a narcissist would assume that is what the city writ large wants. [/quote]

Right. There's no interest in increasing and improving car-free recreation areas in DC and the US in general. None at all!

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/1/2/16842086/prospect-park-car-free-2018-photos
https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/27/17507830/central-park-new-york-car-free
https://ggwash.org/view/79613/spotted-on-car-free-beach-drive-thousands-of-bicyclists-and-pedestrians-629-dogs-one-cat-and-one-bird

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Sure. But is a federally-funded research facility a likely place for it to happen?

Good luck in your quest, OP. If it happens, maybe you can work on DC statehood next![/quote]

It's a research and education facility open to the public, and other aspects of its public function are frequently put on the table, from the design of the gate, to reopening the MD gate, to the fence design.  limiting car circulation is a totally appropriate thing to consider.  [/quote]

Sure, totally appropriate to consider it.  And then it should be rejected because your proposed changes make it less open and accessible to the public.[/quote]

so cars have to be able to drive through the whole thing to be accessible? do you think it’s like a safari, where you can only watch the azaleas from your car window? I’m just dumbfounded. [/quote]

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