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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live a few blocks from the Vienna Metro but drive in with DD and DH on 66, dropping DH near the EOB. The morning drive is between 20 and 40 minutes if we leave at 7... I-66 is Hov now but will switch to toll later this year and I'm not sure how that will change traffic. 
When I used to Metro, I'd say [b]30 minutes door to McPherson in the morning[/b], again leaving at 7. For afternoon, add 20 minutes to all times, driving or Metro.  [/quote]

You are either a boldfaced liar or completely in denial. The train itself is 31 minutes on ITS BEST day, which of course is almost nonexistent. There is no humanly way you could drive of train in less than 40 minutes, and that would involve leaving before 5am and living next to the metro or I-66 on ramp and working next to the metro or off-ramp.[/quote]

I can't really understand your post?  but I will concede that it's a been a two years since I commuted by train.  If the ride is 31 minutes, then I was wrong and it was 40 minutes door to McPherson.  I live an 8 minute walk from the Vienna platform, and early in the morning there is always a train waiting.

This morning I left the house at 7:15 and there was a lot of traffic, so we didn't get to the EOB -- which, yes, is west of McPherson -- until 7:45; I got to my office in SE DC just before 8:00.  Yesterday left on time we arrived at EOB right at 7:25.  When I get on I-66 at Nutley there is a traffic sign displaying the drive time to the DC line, and it's often listed as 15 minutes.

Obviously, if OP lives further away from the station / access ramps, it will take longer.  Personally, I would not choose to drive to the Metro and park, that is the worst of both worlds.[/quote]

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