What has happened to GW parkway in the morning?

[Anonymous]

I used to be able to leave my McLean house at 9:15am and arrive at my downtown office by 9:45am. Not anymore. The morning traffic is just terrible. Today traffic was so bad that it backed up to RT 123. What has happened? Is it because of I-66 insane pricing on all lanes? IF that is the case, it is just so unfair!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to be able to leave my McLean house at 9:15am and arrive at my downtown office by 9:45am. Not anymore. The morning traffic is just terrible. Today traffic was so bad that it backed up to RT 123. What has happened? Is it because of I-66 insane pricing on all lanes? IF that is the case, it is just so unfair!!

[Anonymous]

Yes, yes it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to be able to leave my McLean house at 9:15am and arrive at my downtown office by 9:45am. Not anymore. The morning traffic is just terrible. Today traffic was so bad that it backed up to RT 123. What has happened? Is it because of I-66 insane pricing on all lanes? IF that is the case, it is just so unfair!!

[Anonymous]

I don't know what is going on , but it has been awful heading northbound from Old Town, too, which probably isn't related to the I-66 tolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to be able to leave my McLean house at 9:15am and arrive at my downtown office by 9:45am. Not anymore. The morning traffic is just terrible. Today traffic was so bad that it backed up to RT 123. What has happened? Is it because of I-66 insane pricing on all lanes? IF that is the case, it is just so unfair!!

haha

Yeah, your life in McLean must be full of injustices.

[Anonymous]

OP (and many other Nova residents) have just learned a very powerful, yet basic, economic lesson: everything has a quantifiable value. Your commute has a cost that is imposed on your state and the Virginia taxpayers. And now you are being assessed a price for that commute - either time or money.

I predict that many behavioral economists will be studying the HOT lane data in the next few years. It's a treasure trove of interesting findings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know what is going on , but it has been awful heading northbound from Old Town, too, which probably isn't related to the I-66 tolls.

Northbound might be due to the new DCA construction. (historically it has just been the line up to get on 395-N.) booooo. After those places it usually lightens up.

[Anonymous]

The commute in from VA has gotten simply dreadful. Took me 70 minutes to get from Falls Church to downtown yesterday (left the house at 8:10 am). I know I should try to take the metro more - but honestly, I'm claustrophobic, can't stand the metro when it is crowded, and would probably only shave 30 minutes off that 70 minute commute.

My husband and I are trying to carpool more (we did today) but that too is hard when someone has to handle the kid duties in the morning or evening.

It seems incredibly antiquated that there is no freeway coming in from the northern VA suburbs (so, not 395) to DC. Lee Highway and Route 50 are incredibly inefficient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The commute in from VA has gotten simply dreadful. Took me 70 minutes to get from Falls Church to downtown yesterday (left the house at 8:10 am). I know I should try to take the metro more - but honestly, I'm claustrophobic, can't stand the metro when it is crowded, and would probably only shave 30 minutes off that 70 minute commute.

My husband and I are trying to carpool more (we did today) but that too is hard when someone has to handle the kid duties in the morning or evening.

It seems incredibly antiquated that there is no freeway coming in from the northern VA suburbs (so, not 395) to DC. Lee Highway and Route 50 are incredibly inefficient.

Of who would lament the lack of another 395? You must live in some huge exurb house and drive to your mailbox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to be able to leave my McLean house at 9:15am and arrive at my downtown office by 9:45am. Not anymore. The morning traffic is just terrible. Today traffic was so bad that it backed up to RT 123. What has happened? Is it because of I-66 insane pricing on all lanes? IF that is the case, it is just so unfair!!

Yeah all the cheaters now have ability to pay for their spot on highway and instead opt to drive long way around.

Don't worry inflation is up, once gas prices rise, the toll will be better than the extra gallons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The commute in from VA has gotten simply dreadful. Took me 70 minutes to get from Falls Church to downtown yesterday (left the house at 8:10 am). I know I should try to take the metro more - but honestly, I'm claustrophobic, can't stand the metro when it is crowded, and would probably only shave 30 minutes off that 70 minute commute.

My husband and I are trying to carpool more (we did today) but that too is hard when someone has to handle the kid duties in the morning or evening.

It seems incredibly antiquated that there is no freeway coming in from the northern VA suburbs (so, not 395) to DC. Lee Highway and Route 50 are incredibly inefficient.

Of who would lament the lack of another 395? You must live in some huge exurb house and drive to your mailbox.

OK I was blinded by the 395 comment. Falls church? 70 minutes? You should use waze.

[Anonymous]

Because it's $30 to go on 66 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The commute in from VA has gotten simply dreadful. Took me 70 minutes to get from Falls Church to downtown yesterday (left the house at 8:10 am). I know I should try to take the metro more - but honestly, I'm claustrophobic, can't stand the metro when it is crowded, and would probably only shave 30 minutes off that 70 minute commute.

My husband and I are trying to carpool more (we did today) but that too is hard when someone has to handle the kid duties in the morning or evening.

It seems incredibly antiquated that there is no freeway coming in from the northern VA suburbs (so, not 395) to DC. Lee Highway and Route 50 are incredibly inefficient.

Of who would lament the lack of another 395? You must live in some huge exurb house and drive to your mailbox.

OK I was blinded by the 395 comment. Falls church? 70 minutes? You should use waze.

Isn't 395 getting HOT lanes too?

[Anonymous]

We commute on 50. Yesterday, there were two separate WMATA bus incidents between about 8:30 and 9:00, one where a bus and car collided right before the TR bridge (looked like the car was merging left out of the lane that goes to GW and trying to cut in to go to the bridge), and the other where a bus was blocking two lanes on the bridge itself. Made for some mega backup on 50.

Today, we saw a truck that appeared to be perpendicular to the roadway on GW, just past the exit for the TR bridge. Not sure if that could have explained this morning's issues. But yesterday was definitely WMATA/driving related, not toll related, at least on 50.