Another thing to consider (aside from train capacity/volume), is that proximity to the nearest Metro station is all relative.
On one of my forays to the National Capital Area for a DC Big Event, I stayed at a hotel on the outskirts of Arlington, which touted their location as being five blocks (or perhaps even three) from the nearest Metro station. Sounds really close & walkable, no? Well, what they didn't mention is that the hotel (and the most expedient route to the station) is located on a busy roadway which is a main route to downtown Arlington, and that as such, there are almost no sidewalks, so that it was necessary to walk on the off-shoulder of the road, and navigate through a narrow underpass---all with traffic whizzing by at 35-40 MPH---until you reached the area of the station, which had all the urban walking amenities for the last 500 feet to the entrance. It was challenging enough in warm, dry weather; I can only imagine what walking it is like on a cold day with inclement weather (and possibly icy/slushy/mucky conditions). _____ On Jan 9, 3:11 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I am no expert on the local geography, though we have been there > a few times. My friend told me that he just took the Metro in to the > Mall over the Christmas break and it was about a 15 minute ride. The > Metro has it listed as a 19 minute ride (they live near Friendship > Heights Station). But of course, as I mentioned, we are budgeting many > hours to make the ride early Inauguration morning. In fact, one > suggestion I have been given it to take the train in the opposite, > outbound direction to the end of the line, which would let us get on a > relatively empty train back towards DC. Some predictions are that > there will be very little room on any train as it gets closer to the > DC area. > > The idea of walking around a city dressed like I am going skiing just > sounds absurd to me, but that is what we have been hearing from some > people. > > If I detailed our entire itinerary people would really thing we are > nuts (we are actually flying to Manhattan and renting a car to drive > back and forth to DC). Part of this is related to taking our daughter > back to college for the start of her second semester this year, but > most of it has to do with non-rational (irrational I suppose) needs to > be physically present at this particular ritual, which are admittedly > hard to explain. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
