41 fucking tweets today by the 9:30 club…
TBD
atomic wrote:i am always down!
I want to meet you guys now. I am guessing if there was an actual meet-up with me you wouldn't show up. Well maybe Hutch and Killsally would but the rest of you wouldn't.
I probably will have to skip Wye Oak, I am supposed to drive to Delaware for a family beach vacation that day. I might go to the show then drive though….
For those of you familiar with the traffic heading into DC from the south, I need some help with planning a trip from Richmond to DCA. I have a flight out of DCA this Friday at 11:45am. MapQuest gives travel time as 1 hour 47 minutes, however that does not factor in the time of day and any associated traffic. Assuming i would want to be at DCA by about 10:30 am Friday, what would be an appropriate time to leave Richmond?
RatBastard wrote:
For those of you familiar with the traffic heading into DC from the south, I need some help with planning a trip from Richmond to DCA. I have a flight out of DCA this Friday at 11:45am. MapQuest gives travel time as 1 hour 47 minutes, however that does not factor in the time of day and any associated traffic. Assuming i would want to be at DCA by about 10:30 am Friday, what would be an appropriate time to leave Richmond?
well by this friday I am guessing you mean next friday…..
traffic is terrible.. on 95 traffic is slow from Fredericksburg on , as i recall, from about 630 am….you really have to shoot to be at dca by 10 to give yourself some window…
the way i see it unless you figure out some alternate route you'd have to leave richmond by 5 am maybe earlier to beat the rush hour between 6:30-930 or so
someone else may know better….it sounds silly to have to leave so early but i'm telling you people drive to work early and you hit bad traffic surprisingly early in the morning.. a lot of people try to get to work early so they can leave early
lets see what others think though?
i mean another way of looking at it is you could leave richmond around 8..once you get out of richmod i would think it would be pretty smooth….and i guess you'd be hitting bad traffic around 9:15 or so and maybe muddle through to the airport and make it by 10…… or you can leave so early you miss the rush entirely……
its not a good time to be leaving dca
keeping in mind there are two kinds of people..those that like to get there early and relax and those that like to time it right and don't feel much pressure..
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I think you should stay at a hotel/motel near the airport Thursday night. And leave your car parked there while you're gone. The hotels charge about half of what long term parking at DCA does and maybe they'll even give you a better deal if you stay overnight.
RatBastard wrote:
For those of you familiar with the traffic heading into DC from the south, I need some help with planning a trip from Richmond to DCA. I have a flight out of DCA this Friday at 11:45am. MapQuest gives travel time as 1 hour 47 minutes, however that does not factor in the time of day and any associated traffic. Assuming i would want to be at DCA by about 10:30 am Friday, what would be an appropriate time to leave Richmond?
fatskippy wrote:
41 fucking tweets today by the 9:30 club…
Yeah the twitter take over by Kelis and Micheal Ian Black totally unnecessary, they need a separate twitter account for such nonsense.
James wrote:
I think you should stay at a hotel/motel near the airport Thursday night. And leave your car parked there while you're gone. The hotels charge about half of what long term parking at DCA does and maybe they'll even give you a better deal if you stay overnight.
not a bad idea
or what about taking the train up…and then cabbing it to DCA? not sure what the train schedule is…
driving in the morning into DC on 95 sounds like a real bad time to me….
Just checked with Amtrak and I can get a train to Union Station for just $33 that will arrive at 9:00 am. Further checking the metro maps, I can hop the red line form Union to La'Enfant, switch to the yellow line and that to DCA. Total ride time on the metro is 22 minutes. Allow 30 minutes or so for waiting and that will put me at DCA about 10:00. I think that may just be the way to go.
RatBastard wrote:
Just checked with Amtrak and I can get a train to Union Station for just $33 that will arrive at 9:00 am. Further checking the metro maps, I can hop the red line form Union to La'Enfant, switch to the yellow line and that to DCA. Total ride time on the metro is 22 minutes. Allow 30 minutes or so for waiting and that will put me at DCA about 10:00. I think that may just be the way to go.
yeah that's the stuff! and think about all the good you're doing the environment by not driving!
:)
I was driving from DC to Stafford around 8AM to get there at 9Am and it was literately a parking lot on the otherside from Stafford north.
I'd get another opinion, but I think you'll be sitting in a ton of traffic.
I think the idea of getting a hotel night before would be cheaper than parking your car in long term parking.
Then you can just have breakfast an leisurely spend 15-30 mins getting to the airport.
The idea of spending 2-3 hours in traffic before flying sounds dreadful
Also taking 301 to MD is not a bad idea a that time
no traffic it's 40 mins more, with traffic I think it's probably less and less stressful
I'd get another opinion, but I think you'll be sitting in a ton of traffic.
I think the idea of getting a hotel night before would be cheaper than parking your car in long term parking.
Then you can just have breakfast an leisurely spend 15-30 mins getting to the airport.
The idea of spending 2-3 hours in traffic before flying sounds dreadful
Also taking 301 to MD is not a bad idea a that time
no traffic it's 40 mins more, with traffic I think it's probably less and less stressful
I literally could not imagine doing this trek and leaving after 6am. This is literally the absolute worst time to try and fly outta Reagen.
EDIT: Missed the train idea. Would definitely do that.
EDIT: Missed the train idea. Would definitely do that.
RatBastard wrote:
Just checked with Amtrak and I can get a train to Union Station for just $33 that will arrive at 9:00 am. Further checking the metro maps, I can hop the red line form Union to La'Enfant, switch to the yellow line and that to DCA. Total ride time on the metro is 22 minutes. Allow 30 minutes or so for waiting and that will put me at DCA about 10:00. I think that may just be the way to go.
I used to take the Marc and switched at union station to the metro. This was 10 years ago but it was a cluster f' to get from the train to the metro basically way too many people going from one point to another and then you usually couldn't get on the first subway car and had to wait for another one to come. I couldn't imagine doing it with luggage. Realize people will have zero concern for your well being. I would take a cab from union station. Certainly shouldn't take and hour at that time.
Just got a call and the trip has been delayed until Saturday. I might still take Amtrak to DC though since I would have to be dropped off meaning someone driving me there and then driving back to Richmond. I will look into the price of a cab from Union to DCA though. Might end up doing that.
Here's a pet peeve I bet others out there share…
It is so exasperating when adults and older teens ride their bikes on the city sidewalks and expect walkers to clear out of their way. I mean, if it's a little kid on a bike, fine. I'd want my little kid to ride on the sidewalk for safety. But if you're an adult, or the size of an adult, you're old enough to be riding your bike on the road.
This was taken to new level last weekend, when we were walking from Nats Park to eat at Matchbox in Cap Hill. Our family of three was walking on the sidewalk, when we heard a cyclist approaching us from behind, demanding in a loud voice that we move out of the way. We did, stood for 20 seconds off to the side of the sidewalk as the cyclist approached and passed (the street was void of traffic by the way). The cyclist was met with a barrage of profanities from my wife after he passed (which, trust me, is never fun), but he just seemed to ignore it and keep going.
It is so exasperating when adults and older teens ride their bikes on the city sidewalks and expect walkers to clear out of their way. I mean, if it's a little kid on a bike, fine. I'd want my little kid to ride on the sidewalk for safety. But if you're an adult, or the size of an adult, you're old enough to be riding your bike on the road.
This was taken to new level last weekend, when we were walking from Nats Park to eat at Matchbox in Cap Hill. Our family of three was walking on the sidewalk, when we heard a cyclist approaching us from behind, demanding in a loud voice that we move out of the way. We did, stood for 20 seconds off to the side of the sidewalk as the cyclist approached and passed (the street was void of traffic by the way). The cyclist was met with a barrage of profanities from my wife after he passed (which, trust me, is never fun), but he just seemed to ignore it and keep going.
cyclists are pretty much the scum of the earth when it comes to road and sidewalk etiquette. and sure, someone will chime in and say "well, it's one or two bad apples that make a bad name for all", which is total bullshit. for every one good cyclist, i see two cyclists who go about their travels like they are committing some sort of long-form suicide.
James wrote:
Here's a pet peeve I bet others out there share…
It is so exasperating when adults and older teens ride their bikes on the city sidewalks and expect walkers to clear out of their way. I mean, if it's a little kid on a bike, fine. I'd want my little kid to ride on the sidewalk for safety. But if you're an adult, or the size of an adult, you're old enough to be riding your bike on the road.
This was taken to new level last weekend, when we were walking from Nats Park to eat at Matchbox in Cap Hill. Our family of three was walking on the sidewalk, when we heard a cyclist approaching us from behind, demanding in a loud voice that we move out of the way. We did, stood for 20 seconds off to the side of the sidewalk as the cyclist approached and passed (the street was void of traffic by the way). The cyclist was met with a barrage of profanities from my wife after he passed (which, trust me, is never fun), but he just seemed to ignore it and keep going.
If I were riding a bike in DC i would ride on the sidewalk. People in cars are only concerned with their self in DC. In Munich they have part of the sidewalk marked for bicyclists maybe they could do the same in DC. Generally in this are bicyclists don't pay attention to any rules of the road and automobiles consider them enemies. It really annoys me when Bicyclists run red lights.
Oh and where are your photos James Ford, Julian, GGW, wml7 etc?
The problem I have with many cyclists on campus is that they ride with the same mentality of an 8-year-old on a cul-de-sac. Of course for most of them, being 8 years old wasn't so long ago.