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 Topic: HOV Lanes Closed FridayPosted: 16 Nov 2006 at 8:54am |
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I had to work last Friday. It took me about 90 minutes to go from Rosslyn to PW Parkway using Route 1 to the Occoquan and 95 from there to PW Parkway. It was bad, but nothing like 395/95.
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Posted: 15 Nov 2006 at 2:16pm |
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Thanks for the link Bob. I wish I understood VDOT. Granted, they must have a ton of issues to resolve snd decisions to make, but somehow, they seem to have lost their objectivity. But, I suppose if you're big enough, like the USMC or Fluor, you get your way.
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Posted: 15 Nov 2006 at 10:06am |
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Good article, but will anyone at VDOT care?
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Posted: 15 Nov 2006 at 8:09am |
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Good letter re: VDOT incompetence in Marine Corps fiasco:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/112006/11152006/236566 |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2006 at 4:35pm |
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We are not that important! Oups!!I forgot...They never listen to us![:(!]
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Posted: 13 Nov 2006 at 11:18am |
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I'm curious, why were the people in the busses that much more important than all the other commuters in the first place?
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Posted: 13 Nov 2006 at 10:42am |
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Though the commute in the morning was normal, the traffic was horrendous coming home on Friday! From S. Capitol to Springfield took me 1 hour and 20 minutes on the 395. Total time from WNY to Stafford took 2.5 hours. I'll stay home next time.
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Posted: 13 Nov 2006 at 10:31am |
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Has anyone heard any explanation of why they did this other than just bland generalizations about security and the fact that the line of buses was long and would have backed up onto 95?
Why couldn't they have all just stayed in hotels closer to Quantico so they didnt have to worry about it? Also, why couldnt they just close the lanes off for a short period of time in the am and pm instead of all day? I guess it would have been too much effor to move the orange cones. |
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Posted: 13 Nov 2006 at 9:14am |
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I had a terrible commute home. My workplace in Ballston at 4:05, took Glebe Road to 395. I didn't cross the Occaquan River until 6:05, and I still wasn't home. I saw altogether 3 groups of busses heading northbound on my trip home, 2 groups which I didn't see until 5:55 pm. Groups consisted of about 2 cops and 5-6 busses.
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Posted: 10 Nov 2006 at 7:01pm |
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The only traffic I saw on the HOV was a convoy of about 15 buses arouned 10:30 am. The rest of the day ---- nothing! Over two hours to get home.
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