Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 12:08     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:We can all thank Jane Strauss for that and John Foust who who were both happy to take developers campaign cash in exchange for including those areas in the LHS boundary. That's not the fault of public school kids. That's the fault of greedy Democrat politicians!


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Fairfax County should have schools zoned by town/city, period. It is inefficient, at best.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 12:07     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:Kiss afternoon extracurriculars goodbye - courtesy of MD commuters using our local roads to avoid the DTR and Beltway. GTPike is a parking lot during afternoon rush hour. Our local officials don’t care about our kids- that’s been made clear. Those of us in GF would be better off getting rezoned to other schools. More time for the kids and they’d be at the top of the academic pool!


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Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 12:07     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
We can all thank Jane Strauss for that and John Foust who who were both happy to take developers campaign cash in exchange for including those areas in the LHS boundary. That's not the fault of public school kids. That's the fault of greedy Democrat politicians!
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 12:05     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?


I expect them to stay out of our neighborhoods and on roads deemed appropriate for commuter traffic. I also expect VDOT to prioritize the interests of taxpaying Virginians pay for Virginians roads over the interests of Marylanders. Sorry but the fact that Maryland refuses to make appropriate infrastructure improvements to the AL Bridge - which they own - does not make their commute interests my priority. When they want to add another bridge to cross the Potomac at a more northern point or make improvements to the ALB, they'll have my support. Until then, I'm prioritizing the interestes of Virginia kids trying to get to school.


You are prioritizing the interests of the richest people in NoVa over everyone else in the DMV is what you're doing.


Actually, you are wrong. VDOT's own report clearly stated the bottleneck caused by the Georgetown Pike ramp is reverberating throughout the region. If they close it, the traffic will continually flow over the ALB much better. So in fact, this takes into consideration all DMV drivers - not just those Marylanders trying to get home. And in fact, you seem to feel it is okay to let entire neighborhoods in McLean be sacrificial lambs for the convenience of Maryland commuters. It's rush hour. The pain should be shared among all those in the DMV. Right now it's not. The kids in these areas did not choose the locations of their public schools. And they shouldn't have to spend hours on the GTPike to get to their schools or to their activities. The greater public should be considered and the closure proposal does just that. The borders for these schools run nearly 18 miles. So it's not just a wealthy enclave that gets back navigational routes to their public services. It's the entire GF/McLean/Reston/Vienna areas from which LHS and CMS pulls. And anyone traversing the Beltway now gets a smoother flow of traffic too. Win Win.


The Cooper/Langley boundaries are nutty because over the years the rich folks made sure that only other rich folks' kids could attend those schools. They pressured their elected officials to keep Cooper/Langley ut of boundary studies and add only other rich neighborhoods to the Cooper/Langley catchment areas.

If it's biting you in the ass now, so be it. That's not a reason to divert traffic to other people's neighborhoods just because you want to preserve the illusion that you live in some tony rural retreat with no traffic.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:47     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?


I expect them to stay out of our neighborhoods and on roads deemed appropriate for commuter traffic. I also expect VDOT to prioritize the interests of taxpaying Virginians pay for Virginians roads over the interests of Marylanders. Sorry but the fact that Maryland refuses to make appropriate infrastructure improvements to the AL Bridge - which they own - does not make their commute interests my priority. When they want to add another bridge to cross the Potomac at a more northern point or make improvements to the ALB, they'll have my support. Until then, I'm prioritizing the interestes of Virginia kids trying to get to school.


You are prioritizing the interests of the richest people in NoVa over everyone else in the DMV is what you're doing.


Actually, you are wrong. VDOT's own report clearly stated the bottleneck caused by the Georgetown Pike ramp is reverberating throughout the region. If they close it, the traffic will continually flow over the ALB much better. So in fact, this takes into consideration all DMV drivers - not just those Marylanders trying to get home. And in fact, you seem to feel it is okay to let entire neighborhoods in McLean be sacrificial lambs for the convenience of Maryland commuters. It's rush hour. The pain should be shared among all those in the DMV. Right now it's not. The kids in these areas did not choose the locations of their public schools. And they shouldn't have to spend hours on the GTPike to get to their schools or to their activities. The greater public should be considered and the closure proposal does just that. The borders for these schools run nearly 18 miles. So it's not just a wealthy enclave that gets back navigational routes to their public services. It's the entire GF/McLean/Reston/Vienna areas from which LHS and CMS pulls. And anyone traversing the Beltway now gets a smoother flow of traffic too. Win Win.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:46     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?


NP- You can get to your job with no issue. The ramp closing is in the afternoons/evenings. And where on earth do you work that the neighborhoods around Georgetown Pike are a commuter route? They’re not. You’re cutting through. Some of us actually need to be in these neighborhoods. And people cutting through are making it a shit show. I wouldn’t work in Md because I’d have to deal with that bridge. Not VAs fault you commute to VA for work.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:36     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?


I expect them to stay out of our neighborhoods and on roads deemed appropriate for commuter traffic. I also expect VDOT to prioritize the interests of taxpaying Virginians pay for Virginians roads over the interests of Marylanders. Sorry but the fact that Maryland refuses to make appropriate infrastructure improvements to the AL Bridge - which they own - does not make their commute interests my priority. When they want to add another bridge to cross the Potomac at a more northern point or make improvements to the ALB, they'll have my support. Until then, I'm prioritizing the interestes of Virginia kids trying to get to school.


You are prioritizing the interests of the richest people in NoVa over everyone else in the DMV is what you're doing.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:34     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?


I expect them to stay out of our neighborhoods and on roads deemed appropriate for commuter traffic. I also expect VDOT to prioritize the interests of taxpaying Virginians pay for Virginians roads over the interests of Marylanders. Sorry but the fact that Maryland refuses to make appropriate infrastructure improvements to the AL Bridge - which they own - does not make their commute interests my priority. When they want to add another bridge to cross the Potomac at a more northern point or make improvements to the ALB, they'll have my support. Until then, I'm prioritizing the interestes of Virginia kids trying to get to school.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:27     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Anonymous wrote:VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov



How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 11:22     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods. A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall. It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.

Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov

Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 10:01     Subject: Re:How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Another reason to look at Longfellow/McLean areas - much easier to get back and forth to schools.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 09:25     Subject: Re:How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Agreed. The afternoons starting between 3 and 3:30 at Balls Hill/Cooper MS/Beltway are terrible. It's stunning how many cars are coming off of the neighborhood roads, particularly Dead Run Dr., to head to Maryland.
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 09:15     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Kiss afternoon extracurriculars goodbye - courtesy of MD commuters using our local roads to avoid the DTR and Beltway. GTPike is a parking lot during afternoon rush hour. Our local officials don’t care about our kids- that’s been made clear. Those of us in GF would be better off getting rezoned to other schools. More time for the kids and they’d be at the top of the academic pool!
Anonymous
Post 08/18/2018 09:02     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
Depends on the time. Between 7:45-8:30, it can suck in the morning. Typical rush hour plus multiple schools going in at the same time. It got worse after they made Langley start later two years ago. Afternoons are horrendous from about 3:30-6:30. Sometimes earlier.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2018 07:36     Subject: How bad will Georgetown Pike be during school drop off hours in McLean?
We moved into a house off of Georgetown Pike. I didn’t realize how bad the traffic was caused mostly by the 495N ramp. Wondering if our mornings will be miserable every morning.