Traffic at DCA tonight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m seeing on social media that it’s a total shite show. People are getting out of cars and walking up on the Parkway.

I have to take ds tomorrow for an 8:30am flight. I just told him we’re leaving at five o’dark for a 20 minute drive. 😂

??? why don't you drop him off at the metro?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m seeing on social media that it’s a total shite show. People are getting out of cars and walking up on the Parkway.

I have to take ds tomorrow for an 8:30am flight. I just told him we’re leaving at five o’dark for a 20 minute drive. 😂

??? why don't you drop him off at the metro?

Because metro sucks.

[Anonymous]

You Metro boosters need to get a clue. My 85 year old parents can’t navigate Metro or really walk very well. So, dropping off at DCA is the only option.

We left my house in ARL at 6:30 am today, arrived at the Terminal at 7am. There was a lot of traffic but they made their flight and I’m grateful we have an airport 15ish mins from my house in regular times and 30 mins in the “end times” of holiday travel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You Metro boosters need to get a clue. My 85 year old parents can’t navigate Metro or really walk very well. So, dropping off at DCA is the only option.

We left my house in ARL at 6:30 am today, arrived at the Terminal at 7am. There was a lot of traffic but they made their flight and I’m grateful we have an airport 15ish mins from my house in regular times and 30 mins in the “end times” of holiday travel.

Yeah, I'm not taking a 30+ min metro ride when I can drive the 4 miles from my house and be there in 10-15 minutes. Even on a busy holiday weekend I'm not taking the metro.

[Anonymous]

I was at DCA several times in the past 10 days. And I am there several times every month. The bulk of the issues are caused by those directing traffic. I don't know if they are DCA employees or police officers or what. They regularly block the road with their vehicles, they set cones up that take up 1/4 mile of lanes without any reason to do so, which forces all of the other cars into using 1 - maybe 2 lanes. It's truly unbelievable. Several months ago when they were focused on Terminal A/1, Terminal B/2 was SO smooth and easy b/c those picking up/dropping off just acted like normal drivers and we had the use of all lanes. I go to a lot of airports on a pretty regular basis and DCA is by far the worst with traffic management. It's one of my favorite airports in all other aspects, but not that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travel on Saturday after Thanksgiving, never Sunday.

Was at DCA Sun at 11 am with zero issues. Sounds like the issue was Sun night

[Anonymous]

Notwithstanding holiday travel, DCA is the best. So close to the city, easy metro. But best of all, easy and quick in and out.

I hate Dulles and their stupid transporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why anyone would drive there. It’s so pleasant and fast to metro.

Exactly. We checked the traffic (almost an hour from Alexandria) before leaving the house and decided on metro. It took next to no time and was empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why anyone would drive there. It’s so pleasant and fast to metro.

Exactly. We checked the traffic (almost an hour from Alexandria) before leaving the house and decided on metro. It took next to no time and was empty.

You guys are thick as oatmeal. Do you have any clue how many people who use DCA live absolutely nowhere near a metro stop??!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand why anyone would drive there. It’s so pleasant and fast to metro.

Pleasant and fast are definitely not how I would describe Metro. Ever

Yeah, that walk from the Metro to the /A/ Terminal (aka, Terminal 1) is not fast with a carry on and a full size suitcase. I guess it's not unpleasant though

[Anonymous]

Love metro to DCA. Dulles is so easy to drive to because of the toll road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m seeing on social media that it’s a total shite show. People are getting out of cars and walking up on the Parkway.

I have to take ds tomorrow for an 8:30am flight. I just told him we’re leaving at five o’dark for a 20 minute drive. 😂

??? why don't you drop him off at the metro?

Because metro sucks.

It does not suck worse than being stuck in traffic and missing your flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You Metro boosters need to get a clue. My 85 year old parents can’t navigate Metro or really walk very well. So, dropping off at DCA is the only option.

We left my house in ARL at 6:30 am today, arrived at the Terminal at 7am. There was a lot of traffic but they made their flight and I’m grateful we have an airport 15ish mins from my house in regular times and 30 mins in the “end times” of holiday travel.

Agreed but the majority of passengers are not 85+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m seeing on social media that it’s a total shite show. People are getting out of cars and walking up on the Parkway.

I have to take ds tomorrow for an 8:30am flight. I just told him we’re leaving at five o’dark for a 20 minute drive. 😂

??? why don't you drop him off at the metro?

I’m the poster you’re responding to. I live in DC and work in Alexandria. Dropping him at National was literally on my way to work. We got a few extra minutes together, and the drop-off was relatively easy at 7:20am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I’m seeing on social media that it’s a total shite show. People are getting out of cars and walking up on the Parkway.

I have to take ds tomorrow for an 8:30am flight. I just told him we’re leaving at five o’dark for a 20 minute drive. 😂

??? why don't you drop him off at the metro?

Because metro sucks.

It does not suck worse than being stuck in traffic and missing your flight.

Again, the passenger draw for DCA extends a lot further than people who live near a Metro. I don’t know how this can be made any clearer. I’m not going to drive 20 minutes to park at a metro station to then have a 40+ minute metro ride with a line change to DCA.