[SkateDC] Inaugural Skate -- Post Article

[Carl Ford]

We can say with certainty that:

-the neighborhoods with bus parking areas will be open to us;
-the car-free area around the hard security zone may or may not be  
open, depending on lots of factors;
-the hard security zone is not open to us.

I also have it on deep background that there will be at least one  
closed-off road that will make our day.

Quoting Maureen Cohen Harrington <mcharrington at starpower.net>:

> Today's Post has an article specifically addressing (in the   
> headline!) people wanting to skate to the Inauguration. The article,  
>  titled "To Transit Schemers Add Skaters, Paddlers, Pedalers," is   
> available at   
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011503834.html?sub=AR
>
> The article includes the following paragraph:
>
> Stephanie Morrisette, a wetlands biologist/professional roller   
> derbyist who is flying in for the inauguration from Northern   
> California, checked out the city maps and secure zone restrictions   
> online and saw nothing about good old-fashioned roller skates. "I'm   
> not worried about getting around people or through people, because I  
>  deal with that all the time with the crowd at bouts," she said. Her  
>  partner, John Henry Dale, will be riding his skateboard to keep up.
>
> But I'm still unclear.  Are skaters "wheeled vehicles" included in   
> the ban near the Mall or parade route?
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Carl Ford
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