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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The traffic on 495 going into and leaving Tyson's is insane. I live in DC and don't leave very often to MD or VA, but when I have to go to VA I have to pack a lunch![/quote]

Exactly, this hwy is always packed.  And even large residential roads leading to Tysons are packed for hours each day.  To get to Tysons from nearby Vienna and Mclean takes 15 min due to traffic and lights, why people who live there shop in their local strip malls.  There is no way that it's this easy to drive to Tysons for funzies or essential errands in 20 min.  More like 40 min.  Especially if you need to get to the hwy from your residential area to start with.  [/quote]

[b]It takes 15-20 minutes max to get from River Road and 495 or Old Georgetown and 495 to Tysons[/b] on the weekends as long as you leave before 1 or 2 pm. Ditto for Sunday and for weekdays after 7. No one usually leaves their house to go shopping at 5pm or 6pm on the weekdays in the middle of rush hour. It is a PIA to get anywhere around the DMV at that time.

And to the poster who said Olney was 11 miles and Tysons was 8 from River Road and 495. It literally takes 10 minutes to get from River and Seven Locks to Tysons right now and 26 to get from the same location to Olney. Yes, it is late at night with no traffic, but it would still be a lot faster after 7 pm on weekdays and on weekends as well. A lot of people don’t realize how close Tysons is to people in W school clusters, especially Churchhill and Whitman. [/quote]

Most of us don't live directly adjacent to where River Road or Old Georgetown meet 495.

I am only 5 miles from River Road & 495 and that stretch alone will usually take 10-15 minutes.  For weekdays, you have to be leaving after 8pm or 9pm.  Sunday AM is reliable before like 11am, but Saturdays are unpredictable.

You do you...but most of us choose to live near where we plan to shop. [b] If I loved Tysons so much, I would live in McLean.[/b]

As it is, I like Bethesda where I can shop at TJ's, Lidl, Giant and walk to 100 restaurants and other shops...and yes, literally go 50 feet into DC if I want Total Wine (but I don't care that much making a dedicated run to save a couple of $$$s).[/quote]

unless you live right next to the  hwy going to Tysons you would have to take residential roads with traffic lights, and this will take easily 15 min from many parts of Mclean.  But it's not even the main annoyance with Tysons.  It's time consuming to get around that entire area once you get into its limits.  The lights are long, parking can be confusing and tedious for people who aren't used to it, malls are relatively expansive to get to your store.  It's never a quick errand to go to Tysons even for people living near it. [/quote]

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