how bad is commute from Vienna, Oakton to DC?
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Anonymous
| Door to door 40 minutes. Or 3 hours if Metro performs as usual. |
Anonymous
What time are you leaving? Has to be before 7am |
Anonymous
Everyone is throwing around these claims, but the thing is, OP, "Vienna" can mean the area by Tysons, the area by Merrifield, the area up near Rt7, or the part near Nottoway Park and the Vienna Metro. Likewise, "Oakton" can mean the area right next to the Vienna metro, the area by Hunter Mill Rd, or the area by Fox Mill or Penderbrook. These are not equivalent locations within Vienna or within the name Oakton. The specific area within each one matters. I took your description of "Vienna, Oakton" as meaning the area on the border -- which would be right around the Vienna metro. But, maybe you meant something else. Please clarify b/c the information you are getting is based on very different understandings of what you are calling "Vienna, Oakton" |
Anonymous
This.....it is a large area....commute can be anywhere between 40 mins to 1.5 hrs....door to door..... |
Anonymous
Next to no areas in either location allow for a 40-minute commute downtown any time near rush hour, and it's simply delusional to pretend otherwise. |
Anonymous
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I drop my child off at the door when SACC opens at 7 AM sharp at our school in FFX city (neighbor to Vienna) near the center of the old town. I sign in to my front desk book every day between 7:30 and 7:38. I take HOV on I 66.
I am tempted to video myself one of these days because no one on here wants to believe it. But it's the truth. |
Anonymous
| If you move to Vienna either near the Dunn Loring or the Vienna Metro station and not across 123, then either way the commute should be better then the 75 minute your DH currently has. For two years my husband commuted all the way down to Noma from Vienna and it took just about an hour, a little bit over some days. |
Anonymous
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I don't know why anyone would live in Vienna and drive into DC. IF you live in Vienna - use the metro! It's free time for you to catch email/read. A lovely way to calmly commute into the city and get things done at the same time. Driving is nuts.
Yes, there was the smart track mess, but that's pretty much done now. With construction starting on 66 -- even more reason to metro. |
Anonymous
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I live by Dunn Loring and drive every morining. I get to Gallows and Cottage at 6:20. Go down Idylwood and am on 66 at West Falls Church at 6:30. I will be parked and walking to my office by no later than 6:55. I park at Rhode Island and Connecticut and my office is at 17 and L.
66 will back up around East Falls Church but clears quickly. |
Anonymous
It is slow, uncomfortable and expensive. |
Anonymous
But then again, so is driving.... |
Anonymous
| might as well as be community from west virignia. |
Anonymous
It depends on where in DC you are going and what you have to do along the way. Going to the downtown core, absolutely Metro is best. I've had jobs near Tenleytown and Anacostia Metros, and that's not a great Metro commute from Vienna; better to drive. Or, if you have to drop off a spouse or child along the way, driving makes sense. I took Metro for 10 years and when I started driving, I did really miss the down time to read and zone out. |