Comments on: Morning Notes

By: bobbytiger

bobbytiger — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:15:48 +0000

The good news is, that I think I read that Wakefield HS actually scored a point.
Go Warriors!

By: ARLResident

ARLResident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:50:47 +0000

Another location: The runways and the areas between the runways at Reagan National Airport, unless you are an authorized employee. Other than those occasions when I’m on a flight, I have never been on those runways.

By: ARLResident

ARLResident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:06:17 +0000

Pointing all of this out is not off-topic. If an area is easily accessed through multiple modes of transportation, then by definition, it is NOT inaccessible.

By: ARLResident

ARLResident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:04:50 +0000

You keep saying that Long Bridge Park is inaccessible when clearly many people are able to access the park without any difficulty. Residents of Crystal City and Pentagon City can walk to the park. Those residents and residents of Potomac Yard, Rosslyn, Clarendon and Ballston can bike there, either on their own bikes or on Capital Bikeshare.

The Metro station is nearby. Why is it so difficult to take a short Metro trip and then walk a couple blocks to the park?

There is the parking lot for those who insist on driving a car. Even when the road is flooded (which shouldn’t be an issue after this winter), there is public parking in Crystal City on weekends. It’s only a short walk up to the park from many of those parking areas.

Why do you continue to ignore all of these modes of transport to the park and claim that it is inaccessible? The last time I checked, there was no barrier wall or moat built around the park. (Not counting the few occasions when Long Bridge Drive has been flooded.)

If you don’t want to use the park, fine. But don’t pretend that it is somehow inaccessible.

By: ARLResident

ARLResident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:59:37 +0000

Long Bridge Drive is currently being renovated. There have been frequent delays because of unmarked utility lines. The latest update calls for a completion of construction this winter, possibly by the end of the year.

Landscaping would be postponed until next spring.

Once all of that work is done, there shouldn’t be the recurring problems with flooding on that road.

By: Guy who got out of radio

Guy who got out of radio — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:29:14 +0000

American Heritage Trail at Donaldson Run is the most inaccessible point in Arlington.

By: bobco85

bobco85 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:21:38 +0000

You don’t seem to accept the idea that Long Bridge park is accessible, even with all the information everyone is giving you, but since you want your question answered…

Q: Is there any location in Arlington that is less accessible that Long Bridge park?

A: The center courtyard of the Pentagon.

By: douglas park resident

douglas park resident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:08:14 +0000

I have visited Long Bridge Park several times and it is easily accessible. I just take Army Navy Drive to 12th Street to Long Bridge Drive. What is so difficult about that? I guess you are just geographically challenged. It also seems that the hundreds of parents who are curenlty taking their children their on Saturday and Sunday’s to play soccer games are finding the park just fine. As for less accessible places in Arlington, almost anything North of Ballston is less accessible for me since it only takes me 5-10 minutes from my South Arlington neighborhood to get to Long Bridge Park. It seems that people are able to find the Costco and Pentagon City Mall ok. It’s not like this park is any more difficult to get to than these locations.

By: A resident

A resident — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:59:27 +0000

Madison Community Center. If you aren’t in a car you aren’t getting there.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:47:19 +0000

Actually, there is no logic behind his comparisons at all.