Parking at Horner Rd. is Awful!!!

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   Somebody is going to get hit by a car by parking on Telegraph Rd.

	There is NO room to walk to you car without being on the road.  I can't believe that people are willing to risk their lives to park at Horner.  AMAZING!

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pplmvrs Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote pplmvrs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 2004 at 2:38pm
	Somebody is going to get hit by a car by parking on Telegraph Rd. There is NO room to walk to you car without being on the road. I can't believe that people are willing to risk their lives to park at Horner. AMAZING!

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: 14 Oct 2004 at 11:23am
	I saw a VW van parked along the PW Pkwy exit last night as we drove past on our way to PM that backed up and parked perpendicular in between two paralled-parked cars! Half the van was hanging over the edge of the ground! I couldn't believe the crazy things people do to squeeze into a spot there. Forget Horner Rd, use Potomac Mills!

P8R10TZ Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote P8R10TZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Oct 2004 at 5:07am
	Carleric, there's usually a bunch of cars waiting for Rosslyn riders...

koakui Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote koakui Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 2004 at 10:59am
	I agree. Getting back into Horner in the afternoon there is always a backlog off of HOV and you have to wait for people to drop off and/or go around the Pentagon drop off in the first lot, continue to the second lot to drop off and wait some more. Coming out of Horner by either exit there is always a long wait. It takes me 10 minutes or more to even get out of Horner these days. When I just go straight to Potomac no back up or waits and drop off is easy and no long walk to get to the car in the evening! So drivers, please consider coming back to Potomac in the evenings. You will find it really isn't that bad and you might find it quicker like most of us have! Cruisin in HOV

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: 13 Oct 2004 at 10:51am
	For me, the number of red lights surrouding PM lot is no more of an obstacle to my commute than Horner's overcrowding. In fact its about the same when you consider having to slow down for all the pedestrians and battle other cars for parking spaces. My commute has been so much easier both in the morning and on the way home when I use PM. One more point, WE NEED MORE DC DRIVERS TO POTOMAC IN THE AFTERNOON. I wish Horner drivers realized how much easier it is to get out of PM lot after dropping off slugs as opposed to dropping at Horner. Particularly, if you life off of Dale Blvd. or Rt. 1. You never have to get back on 95!! No back up at the lights on Telegraph Rd.

SpongeBob Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpongeBob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 2004 at 10:28am
	For me, PM means hitting four traffic lights getting to the lot, then three on the way to the HOV. Same in reverse at night. Nonetheless, I tried PM yesterday and today at 8:00 a.m. and got rides in 10 minutes. We need to start using PM more for everything after 7:45 or so.

carleric Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote carleric Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 2004 at 9:24am
	Is Potomac Mills really that good? I slug to Rosslyn from Tackett's and I LOVE Tackett's Mill but I'm moving from Lake Ridge to Woodbridge over by Woodbridge Middle/E. Vaughn (and I really, really don't want to have to use Horner). I was debating still using Tackett's; but if PM is healthy that seems to make far more sense. Does someone out there have first hand knowledge of the availability of Rosslyn rides from PM at approx. 7 AM? Eric Tacketts to Rosslyn rider

pplmvrs Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote pplmvrs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Oct 2004 at 8:29am
	I went to PM again this morning..I was there around 7am again, but this time there were plenty of slugs! It was great :) There is PLENTY of parking there :)

pplmvrs Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote pplmvrs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Oct 2004 at 2:09pm
	Ok, so I went to Potomac Mills for the first time this morning...I got there at 7:00am and there were no slugs! Just a long line of cars. I left and went to Horner. Is there a particular time for PM that is better? It is now closer to where I live and I thought I would give it a try

carleric Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote carleric Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 Oct 2004 at 11:45am
	I'd love to see more spaces at Horner, but the hill we have to climb is the argument that "why should the county build more spaces when there are empty spaces every day at other lots like Old Hechinger?" The county can (sorta) argue with a straight face that they don't need to build more spaces until ALL existing spaces are utilized. It is hardly the county's fault that slugging out of the 123 lot doesn't usually work. (not my personal point of view but one that does have a certain amount of validity) Eric Tacketts to Rosslyn rider