Rte 3 & Gordon Road

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   You could just slug to the Pentagon and then catch a bus to Tysons Corner.  This might not be any faster than driving on your own up the regular I-95 lanes and the Beltway, however.

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wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Rte 3 & Gordon Road Posted: 30 Mar 2005 at 4:33pm
	You could just slug to the Pentagon and then catch a bus to Tysons Corner. This might not be any faster than driving on your own up the regular I-95 lanes and the Beltway, however.

sluDgE Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote sluDgE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Mar 2005 at 6:54am
	fmaze903, Don't think so ... probably because there are no HOV lanes on the beltway from S'field to Tysons. And there's no exit from HOV to the beltway at the Mixing Bowl. I think your best alternative is to see if you can find a car pool. [:)] Keep on sluggin'! [8D]

fmaze903 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote fmaze903 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Mar 2005 at 8:11pm
	Is there an active slug line to the Tysons Corner area? Thanks. Jay

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2005 at 7:23pm
	Average commute home seems to take longer...about an hour and 15 minutes from the Pentagon to Gordon Rd., if we leave the Pentagon at 5:00. The worst part of the drive, strangely enough, is traffic in Fredericksburg, which is usually crawling on Rt. 3 around 6 p.m. probably because there's both commuter and shopping traffic. At least with slugs, we get to bypass the mess on 95 and 395. If only there were an HOV lane on Rt. 3 itself, our problems would be solved. [:D]

mwc99 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mwc99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2005 at 12:17pm
	wahoowa - yes, I was talking about Gordon Rd to the Pentagon. Thank you for the information. You have been most helpful. Can you give a little insight into your average trip home to Gordon Rd? Thanks in advance

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2005 at 2:00am
	You mean the line from Gordon Road to the Pentagon? The latest I've arrived there as a driver was at 7:30, two weeks ago, and only one slug showed up after waiting about 10 minutes. So we drove on to the Rt. 17 lot to pick up a third person. After 7:30 you may be out of luck finding a ride. I usually arrive at Gordon Road between 6:45 and 7:00 and have no problem finding slugs to pick up then. The parking lot is always pretty full by this time, so it seems to me like the peak time for rides at this lot is earlier---maybe around 6? In my experience, travel time is actually shorter the later it gets. This morning, we left Gordon Road at 6:46 and arrived at the Pentagon exactly at 7:50...the exit ramp was really backed up at 7:50 and it took 5 minutes to drive just a few hundred feet from the exit into the Pentagon dropoff area, while other days when we've arrived there at 8:15 there was much less traffic.

mwc99 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mwc99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 2005 at 8:41am
	What time does the line to the Pentagon start slowing down in the morning, and how badly does travel time increase as departure time gets later?

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2005 at 8:27pm
	You may have trouble finding a ride from Gordon to 14th Street...everyone I've seen there (including me) goes to the Pentagon. It's a quick ride on the Metro Yellow line from the Pentagon into DC.

mwc99 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mwc99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 2005 at 4:27pm
	How about average times for Gordon Rd to 14th Street? I am considering a job up there and am consequently researching commuting options.

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 2005 at 9:45am
	About 50 minutes to 1 hour from Gordon Rd. to the Pentagon if traffic is moving well.