The D.C. Circulator route that ferries riders around the National Mall has been suspended, just as the region is being flooded with visitors for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival. The route was supposed to resume this weekend – nearly in time for the expected peak bloom of the Tidal Basin’s cherry trees — after being suspended over the winter months.

But the District Department of Transportation pulled the plug on the line, one of the only public transit options for tourists trying to get to the blossoms.