Yosemite Traffic Nightmare, Slew of Deaths in National Parks

America’s National Parks Podcast

English - July 13, 2023 06:50 - 9 minutes - 21.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 827 ratings
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In this month's national park news round-up, we're covering the difficult situation at Yosemite, where the timed-entry reservation system is gone for the first year since 2019, causing huge traffic problems. Plus hot weather and roaring waters are taking the lives of several visitors to parks, rules on e-bikes, and more.

Comment on e-bikes here:
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectId=117364

Comment on the Yosemite Traffic Management Plan here:
https://www.nps.gov/yose/getinvolved/visitoraccessmanagement.htm

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