Anonymous
Post 11/19/2019 08:45     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
If this morning is representative of the new normal, not great, Bob.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2019 09:13     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Hello! Trying to get myself less confused before the new changes go into effect in November. As you travel north on 395 into DC, there is a last minute split at the 14th Street bridge that is both marked as "HOV" and says "washington". It used to say "all vehicles" but that changed a few years ago. Anyways, it appears from the 395 express lanes website and the new signage that this is going to be express only starting in November? I am confused because the HOV restriction ends at the bridge into DC and southbound the bridge is not considered HOV. So will there be an express charge for non HOV starting next month if you take that left exit to go over the bridge?



Yes. The gantry with the scanner is on the express lanes after the merge.

Even thought it's a short stretch of road, I can see very high rates charged when traffic starts to clog on the main lanes at the bottleneck with the Parkway merge...

Then, as soon as you begin crossing the river on the HOV bridge, and you've technically left Virginia and the express lanes, you come to a stop, as the HOV merge onto the SE/SW freeway backs up 3/4 mile...
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2019 09:06     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The overhead scanner went up last week. It's not at the entrance, but a few hundred feet after. So it looks like this will be a fee for entry point. Seems ridiculous to me as the entrance is barely in Virigina and as soon as you are on the bridge, you are technically in DC. Hopefully it will be low cost for entry.


Hopefully it will not be low cost. We need fewer people driving into DC, not more. The traffic is so bad already.


Then making public transit more reasonable is the answer. It shouldn't take someone living inside the beltway 4x's as long to use public transit as it does to drive in our "terrible" traffic.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2019 12:08     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The overhead scanner went up last week. It's not at the entrance, but a few hundred feet after. So it looks like this will be a fee for entry point. Seems ridiculous to me as the entrance is barely in Virigina and as soon as you are on the bridge, you are technically in DC. Hopefully it will be low cost for entry.


Hopefully it will not be low cost. We need fewer people driving into DC, not more. The traffic is so bad already.


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2019 12:07     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Anonymous wrote:The overhead scanner went up last week. It's not at the entrance, but a few hundred feet after. So it looks like this will be a fee for entry point. Seems ridiculous to me as the entrance is barely in Virigina and as soon as you are on the bridge, you are technically in DC. Hopefully it will be low cost for entry.


Hopefully it will not be low cost. We need fewer people driving into DC, not more. The traffic is so bad already.
Anonymous
Post 11/07/2019 11:02     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
The overhead scanner went up last week. It's not at the entrance, but a few hundred feet after. So it looks like this will be a fee for entry point. Seems ridiculous to me as the entrance is barely in Virigina and as soon as you are on the bridge, you are technically in DC. Hopefully it will be low cost for entry.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2019 20:27     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
No, but aren't there entry scanners for the on ramps?
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2019 14:57     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Is there an overhead EZpass scanner at the entrance?
Anonymous
Post 10/29/2019 14:05     Subject: I 395 Express Lanes and the 14 th Street Bridge
Hello! Trying to get myself less confused before the new changes go into effect in November. As you travel north on 395 into DC, there is a last minute split at the 14th Street bridge that is both marked as "HOV" and says "washington". It used to say "all vehicles" but that changed a few years ago. Anyways, it appears from the 395 express lanes website and the new signage that this is going to be express only starting in November? I am confused because the HOV restriction ends at the bridge into DC and southbound the bridge is not considered HOV. So will there be an express charge for non HOV starting next month if you take that left exit to go over the bridge?