Why go through so much trouble to see the Wizards? Are Steve Blake and Jarvis Hayes that enthralling to watch? Granted, we are going to our token one $10 per seat game this year, but it's to see the Kings, not the Wizards.
Metro Proposes Increase in Fares
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:well there are ramifications elsewhere, the US is probably best positioned to handle such a climate change, although there would probably be horrible droughts
Originally posted by pollard:That's a good thing, yes?
and makes Europe freeze over
i read recently the pentagon actually has a committee studying all of these possibilities, led by the controversial person who wanted to restructure the entire military under this administration
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Not for America….what fashion trends, or music would you all follow then?
Originally posted by pollard:That's a good thing, yes?
and makes Europe freeze over
Not true. You'd transfer at Metro Center, which is just blocks away from the MCI Center anyway.
Originally posted by Random Citizen:
You probably could. Since Vienna is on the Orange line, you would have to transfer in order to get to Gallery Place, which is on the Red, Yellow and Green lines.
According to the Metro website, the distance the train travels from Vienna to Gallery Place is 14.3 miles. Are you saying you can drive a more direct route (12 miles) than the train does?
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:i'm a fan of basketball in general, and being from pittsburgh i never had an nba team to follow. i've adopted the wiz for better or (mostly) worse. they are the only dc team i support, other than the united, and i am not that well versed on runny-kicky. i've never payed more than $25 for 2 tickets. i was mostly using it as an example, the mci center is where i go the most on the metro. i could have said "caps game", i guess.
Why go through so much trouble to see the Wizards? Are Steve Blake and Jarvis Hayes that enthralling to watch? Granted, we are going to our token one $10 per seat game this year, but it's to see the Kings, not the Wizards.
Originally posted by mankie:Twenty years from now we're all going to be following China anyway.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:Not for America….what fashion trends, or music would you all follow then?
Originally posted by pollard:That's a good thing, yes?
and makes Europe freeze over
That's cool, I can relate. I imagine if I lived in Baltimore, I's see the O's more often…no matter how bad they are. Glad that a non-cable DC station got the rights to some games this year.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:i'm a fan of basketball in general, and being from pittsburgh i never had an nba team to follow. i've adopted the wiz for better or (mostly) worse. they are the only dc team i support, other than the united, and i am not that well versed on runny-kicky. i've never payed more than $25 for 2 tickets. i was mostly using it as an example, the mci center is where i go the most on the metro. i could have said "caps game", i guess.
Why go through so much trouble to see the Wizards? Are Steve Blake and Jarvis Hayes that enthralling to watch? Granted, we are going to our token one $10 per seat game this year, but it's to see the Kings, not the Wizards.
Street parking within a large perimeter around MCI isn't free until 10:30 p.m. (2-hour limits, which would entail going out between periods to move your car).
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:Vienna is about 12 miles to the MCI center. Assuming 20 mpg, that's 1.2 gallons.
Try paying for the gas, parking, and wear and tear on car for the Vienna to a Wiz game on $5.
Assuming $1.75/gallon = $2.10
Wear and tear amortization is about $0.12/mile. For 24 miles = $2.88
Street parking is free after 6:30 (or so).
$2.10 + $2.88 = $4.98
Originally posted by Bags:I park in front of the Shakespeare Theatre (7th & E) after 6:30 all the time for free.
Street parking within a large perimeter around MCI isn't free until 10:30 p.m. (2-hour limits, which would entail going out between periods to move your car).
Of course, you probably don't want to leave your Escalade on the street. Understandably.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:It's true, it's a highly coveted vehicle, so I am worried about street parking. I've been looking at Hummers…they appear more 'theft proof,' but I think it's just an illusion.
Originally posted by Bags:I park in front of the Shakespeare Theatre (7th & E) after 6:30 all the time for free.
Street parking within a large perimeter around MCI isn't free until 10:30 p.m. (2-hour limits, which would entail going out between periods to move your car).
Of course, you probably don't want to leave your Escalade on the street. Understandably.
Don't know how you get parking that close…way to go. Place is always packed (though, you know, I "lot" my vehicle for safety's sake).
Originally posted by Bags:I get there at 6:25
Don't know how you get parking that close.
Actually, though I do think rate hikes are inevitable, I always forget how much more expensive it is to come in from the suburbs. I live in the downtown zone, so I'm spoiled and I forget – sorry about that. I think my fare should rise to $1.50.
And in the end, hey, the commuter tax will take care of some of this!! :D
And in the end, hey, the commuter tax will take care of some of this!! :D
Originally posted by pollard:lets put trolls under all the bridges and pay for it that way
lets put tolls on all the bridges and pay for it that way
:D
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Originally posted by Bags:i was amazed when i took the "path" train from jersy city to manhattan for $1.50.
Actually, though I do think rate hikes are inevitable, I always forget how much more expensive it is to come in from the suburbs. I live in the downtown zone, so I'm spoiled and I forget – sorry about that. I think my fare should rise to $1.50.
And in the end, hey, the commuter tax will take care of some of this!! :D
most of my posts in this thread sound overly critical, but i like the metro for what it is. just wish it went more places more often and later. i like public transportation, and wish i could ride it to work. which isn't going to happen with my current situation.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:this was in the guardian yesterday -
I thought that driving actually reduced the likelihood of a coming ice-age by producing greenhouse gases and thus raising the earth's temperature?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1153530,00.html
Originally posted by pollard:What hubris! US policy will influence climate change. What about Chinese policy? Indian policy? Brazilian policy? Nigerian policy? Pakistani policy? Indonesian policy? Malaysian policy?
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:this was in the guardian yesterday -
I thought that driving actually reduced the likelihood of a coming ice-age by producing greenhouse gases and thus raising the earth's temperature?
Is the US supposed to bite the economic bullet as a good first example? No way, José. Let China go first.
One thing that could restore the old clement climate: A sudden, rapid global depopulation.
For once, Mars is starting to look a bit less frosty…
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:the bigger and more perplexing issue here is, why are you going to a wizards game? ;)
metro always seemed pricy to me. can't get from vienna to a wiz game on a $5 card.
question already answered in this thread
Originally posted by Bags:they'll never make that fly (I hope)
And in the end, hey, the commuter tax will take care of some of this!! :D
Originally posted by pollard:Do they not receive American magazines in Britain?
this was in the guardian yesterday -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1153530,00.html
This so-called "secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs" was published in Fortune last month. How did the eds at Fortune dig up this uber-classified, hush-hush document? The Pentagon gave it to them. [insert rolly-eyes icon here]
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,582584,00.html