How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anything, you’d expect the advocates for change to show up in greater numbers. There really must just be a handful of vocal supporters. It surely won’t be lost on the politicians that this isn’t a popular proposal.

Major wishful thinking on your part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously - WTH was with Georgetown Pike today? Over an hour to get to Back to School Night at Cooper MS and I still missed most of it. Is that what rain does to people. What a disaster.

+1

From 5:30 to 8:30 it was straight gridlock, complete with the seemingly obligatory box blocking. Why can't Maryland find a way to either employ their people or fund a bridge to help them get to work? They are really screwing over their own people.

+2
Prime example of why this proposal should be enacted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously - WTH was with Georgetown Pike today? Over an hour to get to Back to School Night at Cooper MS and I still missed most of it. Is that what rain does to people. What a disaster.

+1

From 5:30 to 8:30 it was straight gridlock, complete with the seemingly obligatory box blocking. Why can't Maryland find a way to either employ their people or fund a bridge to help them get to work? They are really screwing over their own people.

I came here to see if anyone knew what was going on. It took DC over 2 hours to make the 20 minutes drive from Maryland to McLean. At one point, no traffic was moving yet the car behind her managed to still get rear-ended (assume someone was reading their phone). What happened?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously - WTH was with Georgetown Pike today? Over an hour to get to Back to School Night at Cooper MS and I still missed most of it. Is that what rain does to people. What a disaster.

+1

From 5:30 to 8:30 it was straight gridlock, complete with the seemingly obligatory box blocking. Why can't Maryland find a way to either employ their people or fund a bridge to help them get to work? They are really screwing over their own people.

You again? Give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

If you Virginians wouldn’t build your schools right at the Beltway, we Marylanders could get to and from our jobs so much easier!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you Virginians wouldn’t build your schools right at the Beltway, we Marylanders could get to and from our jobs so much easier!

Finally, an answer about the cause of the 3 hr backup: Cooper MS’s back to school night!

[Anonymous]

LOL - can't wait for Cooper's school renovation to begin. It should be fun watching Maryland drivers battle the dump trucks and backhoes accessing Cooper MS on Balls Hill Road and Georgetown Pike.

[Anonymous]

It took me 2 hrs to get to Cooper middle school for BTSN and I missed 2 blocks of meetings. Terrible traffic near Balls Hill Rd!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously - WTH was with Georgetown Pike today? Over an hour to get to Back to School Night at Cooper MS and I still missed most of it. Is that what rain does to people. What a disaster.

+1

From 5:30 to 8:30 it was straight gridlock, complete with the seemingly obligatory box blocking. Why can't Maryland find a way to either employ their people or fund a bridge to help them get to work? They are really screwing over their own people.

So it's not the back to school night at Cooper MS that caused the traffic but Maryland drivers, ugh?
Your inferiority complex is showing.

[Anonymous]

While the Cooper event was a contributing factor, I the the actual causes were Beltway accidents, rain and oh yea- too many MD drivers using our local roads to avoid paying tolls on the DTR.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the FCPS board should rethink whether increasing the enrollment at Cooper was such a brilliant idea? Send the AAP kids all back to Longfellow!

[Anonymous]

The problem is going to get worse before it gets better.

People who work in VA and live in MD should consider moving to VA.

[Anonymous]

Can Fairfax Police install a camera at the intersection of Balls Hill and Georgetown Pike and ticket all MD drivers who are in intersection when light not green?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can Fairfax Police install a camera at the intersection of Balls Hill and Georgetown Pike and ticket all MD drivers who are in intersection when light not green?

+100 - and install speed cameras along the GTP too. Pretty soon our transportation coffers would have a surplus - thanks to Maryland drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the FCPS board should rethink whether increasing the enrollment at Cooper was such a brilliant idea? Send the AAP kids all back to Longfellow!

Cooper was under capacity in terms of enrollment. And not sure having buses traverse from this side of Mclean to the other side of McLean for Longfellow was helping our areas transportation woes any. Plus, most of Cooper's kids ride buses anyway.