Try Potomac Mills if Horner Rd is full

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   Ive switched to PM about two weeks ago.  The volume of DC commuters is definately picking up around the 8 a.m. hour.  Also, I find it much easier to get a ride in the afternoon from 14th and NY to PM than to Horner - which the line is usually 25 people long by 5 p.m.

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aaron_the_prince Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaron_the_prince Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Oct 2004 at 10:33am
	Ive switched to PM about two weeks ago. The volume of DC commuters is definately picking up around the 8 a.m. hour. Also, I find it much easier to get a ride in the afternoon from 14th and NY to PM than to Horner - which the line is usually 25 people long by 5 p.m.

fed up Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote fed up Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2004 at 11:43am
	My car pool and I have been meeting at Potomac Mills. We started this week due to lack of legal parking at Horner Road. At 7:50 am there are several cars queued up in line waiting for riders in the line towards Vans which is the Pentagon line. Yesterday, I needed to pick up a third and I found the 14th Street line (closer to the food court side) and there were several people standing in line waiting for riders. Not sure how long it would be before another car showed up I took two riders even though I only needed one. There was also a person waiting in the Crystal City line for a ride. This morning there were more cars than riders for Pentagon, but riders were slowly trickling in.[:D] I couldn't see the lines for DC or Crystal City -- we were parked at the other side of the lot. There was plenty of parking available.

fed up Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote fed up Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2004 at 11:42am
	My car pool and I have been meeting at Potomac Mills. We started this week due to lack of legal parking at Horner Road. At 7:50 am there are several cars queued up in line waiting for riders in the line towards Vans which is the Pentagon line. Yesterday, I needed to pick up a third and I found the 14th Street line (closer to the food court side) and there were several people standing in line waiting for riders. Not sure how long it would be before another car showed up I took two riders even though I only needed one. There was also a person waiting in the Crystal City line for a ride. This morning there were more cars than riders for Pentagon, but riders were slowly trickling in.[:D] I couldn't see the lines for DC or Crystal City -- we were parked at the other side of the lot. There was plenty of parking available.

WBSlug7 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote WBSlug7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2004 at 11:07am
	Can people give an update of how the PM lines are working in the recent weeks? Personally I feel it's gaining popularity, especially with the Horner ticketing. I can only speak for the 7 AM crowd, so I'd like to get some feedback on the earlier and especially the after 8 crowd. I think if people know how the lines are running specific to their needs they feel more comfortable with trying PM out.

fed up Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote fed up Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Sep 2004 at 3:41pm
	I had been told (a number of years ago) by someone who used to work with the county and PRTC in its infancy that when Potomac Mills was being planned, that they had to guarantee the county a certain number of parking spaces for commuter parking. Hopefully this is true. I haven't bothered to check it out myself.

WBSlug7 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote WBSlug7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Sep 2004 at 3:33pm
	There were tons of cars waiting this morning for slugs to show up because I bet Horner Rd was a mess from the rain. Also getting rides in the evenings has been a bit easier as well. Keep it up!

aaron_the_prince Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaron_the_prince Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Sep 2004 at 11:28am
	Horner drivers and riders: Please see map below: Try Potomac Mills around 8 a.m. there are more cars and people showing up due to the recent ticketing. http://www.slug-lines.com/Images_2/Potomac_small.gif

WBSlug7 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote WBSlug7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2004 at 12:57pm
	Great news! There's been word that PWC are ticketing illegal parkers at Horner today! I hope they keep it up and it's not a once a month deal. If they had parked at the empty legal spots in other lots like PM they wouldn't end their work week on a bad note...

JiggaJynx Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JiggaJynx Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2004 at 8:15am
	WB, good point about shopping convenience for commuters at PM. I like PM and Tackett's for just that reason. On the days I park at the Tackett's old lot (near McDonalds), I can get groceries and stop at the pharmacy before having to get back into traffic. Once I'm into Minnieville's clunky flow, I hate to make another stop.

WBSlug7 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote WBSlug7 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 Sep 2004 at 7:57am
	Sorry if I was being rude RoadRunner, I am just tired of the comment-bashing that goes on in most of these threads, but I see your point. I think if anything PM would appreciate the commuters parking there because that's an incentive to them. By parking there makes it convenient for people to just "stop by" the mall to spend money on their way home, especially around the holiday season. I also have to say that this week has been a pretty good week of slugging for me at PM, minus the one day I had to wait 20 mins in the evening at CC. I am happy about the willingness of a lot of drivers to make multiple stops. Have a great weekend!