Washington Park Traffic Chaos - Part 2

Denver Parks and Recreation has one full time park ranger for all of the Denver Park system.

There are four people working at the permit desk on the second floor of the Wellington Webb building. The parks maintenance organization has enough FTEs to produce spectacular gardens at all of the city's parks. I assume the head of Parks and Recreation makes the decisions with regard to employee resource allocation. She has decided where the resources are most needed. I am making a plea for a revaluation of the decision.

Why is it that the care of the use of the park is non-existent? What are the rules for the use of Washington Park? Does anyone know?

Have you ever seen the stencils painted on the pavement of the park's internal roadway? I wonder why those stencils are there. They indicate that cyclists should pedal on the outside lane in a counter-clockwise direction. Pedestrians should walk on the inside lane clockwise. Roller-bladers, skateboarders, young couples pushing baby carts have no stencils. What should they do?

Today I was riding my bike on the outside lane in a counter-clockwise direction when I cam upon a robust group of spandex-clad young mothers, stretching, jumping and groaning to a rhythm of a group leader in the inside lane and spilling over into the outside lane.

As I approached, I slowed and suggested they should move to the grass. "Zip it, buddy!" "Get outta here!" "Go away! " were the responses I received to my suggestion.

Are some of these "baby-jocks" on steroids? Why the aggression? Would a park ranger be able to put order into the use of the park?

Meanwhile, distracted, I pedaled on and my path was crossed by a lovely Golden Retriever on a long leash. To avoid a collision, I laid my bike down. Scars on my knees, scratches on my legs and a big lick to my sweating face did not deter me from one more circuit to see if the "meathead moms" had moved on. Alas, they had not.

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