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I also go to ballston. We have two people already, looking for more! If anyone is willing to come to dumfries/woodbridge, that works somewhere around 7:30 - 4, that would be TOTALLY COOL! Please contact me at hixsonk@onr.navy.mil.

Thanks!
Kelly H.

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KJH

I work at Courthouse in Arlington also. My problem is trying to find riders in the evenings. Do any of the Spotsylvania folks drive up to Woodbridge/Lorton to hook up with riders/drivers. They are opening a lot at the Lorton exit soon so maybe we will get some riders from down south. I hope they don't take all my slugs from me though. Since I have to drive every day.

Newbie,

While I don't slug out of 17, I have several friends that do. Click on the following link to see a map of the Rt 17 commutter lot.http://www.slug-lines.com/AM_Lines/Route%2017.asp

Do you qualify for getting Metro checks? You could use those to pay for the Metro ride. Good luck!

I also live in Spotsylvania, and work in Arlington (near the Courthouse). Rides to Ballston are pretty few and far between, so you have two options: (1) Slug from Rte. 17 or 3 to Rosslyn, then return in the evenings from the Pentagon; (2) Slug from Rte. 610, then Metro back to Rosslyn in the evenings and catch a ride back to 610 from Rosslyn (there is no evening line at Rosslyn for 17 or 3).

The downside to the first option is that you have to take two Metro-trains in the evening (Orange from Ballston to Rosslyn, then Blue from Rosslyn to Pentagon). The downside to the second option is that 610 can be a real mess traffic-wise.

All that being said, I've been doing this about a year (from 17 to Rosslyn, then Pentagon to 17 at night), and it beats the train or the bus any day of the week!

Good luck with it.