LogFAQs > #936087276

So DC was very smart and starting yesterday, restricted access and shutdown roads around the National Mall and Tidal Basin to attempt to thwart the normally massive crowds that show up for the peak of the cherry blossom bloom.

I had biked over there on Saturday and there were a lot of people out and about. (I biked over for exercise and to avoid the sidewalk crowds by keeping to the streets.) Granted, it was probably half the crowd it normally gets, where every parking space is taken and traffic is basically at a standstill, but it was still a lot of people.

I don't know what the situation on the ground was like on Sunday, but based on traffic patterns from Google Maps, it appears to have been pretty successful.

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