Random sidebar…and this is probably a state issue (whoch is unfortunate because my state isn’t very keen on non-private ventures) but one thing I would like to see is easier public transportation to national parks.
I reside in East TN and we have the wonderful Great Smokey Mountains National park but you have to have a car to get there. So, folks fly in to TYS and then drive up to Gatlinburg / GSMNP but once you get there, especially Gatlinburg, the city is pretty walkable. If I recall correctly, they have a trolley for parts of the NP but otherwise I have to burn fossil fuels to get there. I would much prefer a means of public transportation to get me up to the park and rely on public transportation once up there.
It’s probably low on the totem pole for problems to solve but I’d like to do what I can to preserve the area and for one of the most visited NPs, it seems like a win/win for getting people to nature while preserving it for future generations.
Random sidebar…and this is probably a state issue (whoch is unfortunate because my state isn’t very keen on non-private ventures) but one thing I would like to see is easier public transportation to national parks.
I reside in East TN and we have the wonderful Great Smokey Mountains National park but you have to have a car to get there. So, folks fly in to TYS and then drive up to Gatlinburg / GSMNP but once you get there, especially Gatlinburg, the city is pretty walkable. If I recall correctly, they have a trolley for parts of the NP but otherwise I have to burn fossil fuels to get there. I would much prefer a means of public transportation to get me up to the park and rely on public transportation once up there.
It’s probably low on the totem pole for problems to solve but I’d like to do what I can to preserve the area and for one of the most visited NPs, it seems like a win/win for getting people to nature while preserving it for future generations.