Cherry blossom traffic frustrations continue: How should you get to the blooms? – WTOP

On Saturday, some drivers on Ohio Drive SW were stuck in traffic around East Potomac Park for more than two hours. (WTOP / Dave Dildine) WTOP / Dave Dildine On Saturday, some drivers on Ohio Drive SW were stuck in traffic around East Potomac Park for more than two hours. (WTOP / Dave Dildine) WTOP / Dave Dildine On Saturday, some drivers on Ohio Drive SW were stuck in traffic around East Potomac Park for more than two hours. (WTOP / Dave Dildine) WTOP / Dave Dildine A major influx of visitors going to see the cherry blossoms around D.C.’s Tidal Basin and people parking on the street led to traffic headaches this weekend. Listen to WTOP’s Luke Lukert report on the traffic jams surrounding the cherry blossom’s peak bloom. “When there’s a huge influx in traffic all at the same time, it obviously creates a pretty big traffic challenge and parking is limited,” Sgt. Thomas Twiname, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, told WTOP. On Saturday and again Sunday, drivers were trapped in traffic — sometimes, for hours — trying to make their way around the Tidal Basin, the Wharf, Hains Point and the National Mall. “It usually fills
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