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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 3 weeks into Beauvoir and while my child loves it, I dread going to daily drop-off and pick-up because the traffic seems horrible and parking non-existent.

1. For parents walking their kids into class at 8am, where do they park??

2. Is the carpool line always THIS backed up?

3. Is there easy neighborhood parking available?

I wonder if the other two schools in the Big 3 are this difficult with respect to parking and traffic??[/quote]

YOU think Beauvoir traffic is bad? How do you think people in the neighborhood feel?[/quote]

Exactly.  Why do you think Newark St has about six speed bumps.  People who live on Woodley and 35th Sts would love to get humps on those streets![/quote]

Speed bumps deal with speed. When it is all backed up and congested, speed humps don't do squat. So which is it, congested or are people speeding?[/quote]

Well it can be both - sometimes of day (pick-up and drop-off) it can be congested and other times of day speeding can be a problem.  And it is possible the congestion is on campus while on the street parents are still speeding to get to the school.  And it is possible parents entering the school deal with congestion and back-ups while those leaving the school five minutes later are frustrated but dealing with no congestion and try to make up for the lost time by speeding.

And apparently you haven't figured this out but most drivers are idiots (especially those from MD and most of the private school parents in NW DC are from MD) - and will in fact gun it for half a block even if they are about to get stuck in a slow moving queue.[/quote]
FWIW, I'm from Maryland and I drive like an 80-year old when I'm going through the neighborhood.[/quote]

Most 80 year olds I know should no longer be driving.  But assuming you mean to say that you drive the speed limit and obey the traffic laws in DC your efforts are appreciated even if they are exceptional.[/quote]

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