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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a dog in this fight and try to avoid both VA and MD as much as possible and don't think I've even once driven on the Georgetown Pike but people who've chosen to live in the suburbs and drive everywhere who are surprised at congestion getting mad at other people who live in the suburbs and drive everywhere who are trying to avoid congestion telling other folks that they can't do the very thing they want to do is just laughable.

Several posters on this thread have referenced how short the distances they need to cover are and how long it takes them - how about instead of kvetching about your fellow drivers on here you change the way in which people in your community get around so everyone isn't driving for short trips that might better be done on foot or bike or public transit or whatever.  Because closing the ramp is only going to temporarily move the problem to another street.

The Maryland drivers at least don't have any choice but to do these trips in a car - all of these local high school trips are less excusable than the people commuting to work.[/quote]

It's likely some of the Maryland drivers could take Metro from Tysons, but choose not to because they don't want to switch trains in DC or walk from the Metro stations in Tysons to their jobs or homes.  So they should not be entirely off the hook in your world.

But, otherwise, yes, this is about one group of people who have chosen to live in car-dependent communities complaining about others who also get back and forth by car.  They want to go about their lives like it's 1975, and that is not going to happen.  [/quote]

You’re right, we should all choose to live in the city where we can walk and bike everywhere.  Oh, and have no yards, horrific public schools, and high crime.  Sounds great, I can really understand why you choose to live there![/quote]

Well, she hasn’t spent months on end complaining about the need to shut down 14th Street to Virginia residents, has she? Sounds like she is happier than the whiny Langley parents. [/quote]

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