I'm so sick of 495 traffic

[Anonymous]

Is there anyway I can avoid using this road? I've considered taking MARC or possibly Metro but, I'm unsure if my agency will cover it since I've been given mixed signals.

[Anonymous]

What agency?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there anyway I can avoid using this road? I've considered taking MARC or possibly Metro but, I'm unsure if my agency will cover it since I've been given mixed signals.

Wuzzamatta? You don't like NASCAR racing?

[Anonymous]

Move to va?

[Anonymous]

Tell your gov to support keeping jobs in MD. We Virginians are tired of your awful Maryland driving ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell your gov to support keeping jobs in MD. We Virginians are tired of your awful Maryland driving ways.

What makes you think the poster works in VA? Does MARC go to VA?
Your inferiority complex is showing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move to va?

Because it is not a nightmare??

[Anonymous]

Move, change jobs, or figure out public transportation. Those are your choices. You can’t change 495.

[Anonymous]

The govt solution is to widen the beltway, lol

[Anonymous]

They should start enforcing flaws against using cell phones while driving. Feels like when there is someone driving abnormally slow and clogging up traffic, they’re texting or watching a tv show on their phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move, change jobs, or figure out public transportation. Those are your choices. You can’t change 495.

This.

We moved from Springfield to north Alexandria and it's been life changing in the reduction of commute time, costs, and stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there anyway I can avoid using this road? I've considered taking MARC or possibly Metro but, I'm unsure if my agency will cover it since I've been given mixed signals.

The train is a life saver for mental health. There are enough drivers out there that are just bonkers. It really makes it not great for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The govt solution is to widen the beltway, lol

Widening isn’t feasible, but double-decking it would work great. Keep the upper deck as a limited-access “bypass” around DC for I-95 so all the through traffic is separated from the local traffic below. Bonus would be in rain or snow the local lanes would be largely unaffected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The govt solution is to widen the beltway, lol

Widening isn’t feasible, but double-decking it would work great. Keep the upper deck as a limited-access “bypass” around DC for I-95 so all the through traffic is separated from the local traffic below. Bonus would be in rain or snow the local lanes would be largely unaffected.

They're already widening it, so how is it not feasible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The govt solution is to widen the beltway, lol

Widening isn’t feasible, but double-decking it would work great. Keep the upper deck as a limited-access “bypass” around DC for I-95 so all the through traffic is separated from the local traffic below. Bonus would be in rain or snow the local lanes would be largely unaffected.

They're already widening it, so how is it not feasible?

Because in some places there just isn’t anymore available space to widen it. It’s all been used already. MoCo is full of stretches of beltway where there just isn’t any additional room for more lanes. In one spot on the outer loop west of Connecticut Ave rock creek has a bend that already brings the shoreline within 20 feet of the right lane. On the inner loop side near the the temple, there’s a rock hillside almost right up to the roadway. Widening only works if there’s space available.