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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haha wow. 😮

Did Youngkin and Leonis put together this half-baked plan while drunk at the country club?

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Do any stations on the Yellow/Blue lines have large public parking garages?

The Silver/Orange metro stations at Herndon, Reston, Vienna, West Falls Church, and East Falls Church have plenty of public parking, which is free on weekends and $5 at other times, but switching from Silver/Orange to Yellow/Blue is not very convenient.[/quote]

No.  There is parking at dca (one stop away) but as someone noted that parking is at a premium and often full. Or I guess you could park at van dorn, Huntington, or Franconia then ride 4-5 metro stops back up to Potomac yard.

It would be quite the journey.  Especially in cold weather.  They are all outdoor stations. [/quote]

The idea that season ticket holders are regularly going to park somewhere and then take the Metro 4-5 stops or take a shuttle bus from some distant parking lot is absurd.[/quote]

Many if not the majority of existing season ticket holders in Virginia already park at the metro.  On game nights, as commuters depart metro parking lots, they fill up with Caps, Wizards, and Nats fans.[/quote]

They park at the station closest to their house and take a direct train to Chinatown in order to have a couple beers and not deal with parking + fighting rush hour traffic. This is what's most convenient for them. They are not being forced into taking the train. If folks are taking a couple kids to the game, they will drive in. There's lots of transportation optionality with Chinatown and we know people love to have options depending on their circumstances that day.

However, another significant percentage of season ticket holders are coming straight from their office in DC to the arena. The Chinatown area has a sh#t-ton of affordable parking for their cars, if that's the option they want to exercise.

With the new Alexandria location, EVERYONE needs to take a train except for the 2500 lucky souls who can get $$$$$ parking at the arena. Everyone else is supposedly required to do remote parking + add a train ride.

People don't like to be forced into inconvenient options. [/quote]

Your story would be more convincing if the District wasn't complaining about all the empty offices and RTO. [/quote]

In fact, the office issues (which exist everywhere) work the other way.  Parking in DC will easier and cheaper than it already is.  And Metro will be less crowded.  [/quote]

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