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AM Slug Line Split at Horner Rd for PTG/CC/Rosslyn |
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glacier ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Guess I'm swimming up stream on this one. I like the change. I ride 3 days a week and drive, due to night school, 2 days to the Pentagon and enjoy the shorter lines for both. My observation was having the 3 lines together was pretty inefficient. Drivers that found no available riders for their destination would not pull up and effectively block the line. The ride line would become so long that people couldn't hear or see what the next cars destination was, again, slowing the process.
Since the change I've enjoyed having shorter lines, quicker commute times, and less periods of confusion (I induce enough of my own). As for less options for some, it's slows the process too much. That's why lines split in the first place. If we wanted to maximize options we could just combine all 6 again (or 7, not sure). Less time commuting and more with family works for me, but I understand it's not all about me. Cheers |
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glacier ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Slugging in 17 degrees F, 0 degrees F windchill: [V]
However, having a much shorter line, thus less time exposed to the elements: [:D] I like the change, I think others may also. Cheers |
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glacier ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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This shorter lines stuff rocks![8D]
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tulipgirl67 ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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Just curious here (I've used the Horner Rd lot on occasion). When the line of cars backs up because the drivers at the front of the line are heading to one destination (Rosslyn) and the riders are heading to another (Pentagon), why don't the riders just walk down the line to find the next car going to their location?
It makes no sense to stand there and wait for the car to pull up to the front of the line. It's so inefficient for all concerned. Also, if riders would just walk the line as they arrived, then the integrity of the line (first-come, first-served) would be still be preserved. Can someone please explain the rationale for waiting for the car to pull up to you? Thanks. |
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Connie ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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There is no rationale from my perspective. If I am at the front of the line and the cars at the front aren't going to my destination, then I walk the line to the first car that is. Saves me and the driver some time. I slug in the DC Horner Road line to L'Enfant Plaza and the other day was second in line behind a woman also going to the Plaze. The first several cars were going to other places and the car line was about 20 deep so I asked her if she wanted to walk back to find a ride since we were first in line anyway. She said no, she was going to stand there because she was too cold to walk back.
As for the lines being split, I know I would hate it if the DC lines were split because often if I can't get a quick ride to L'Enfant, I will take a 14th street one and take the Metro. If the lines were split, I might stand in the L'Enfant line for a long time, have no luck and then have to go to the end of the 14th street line, doubling my waiting time. Now, I move up to the front of the line and can choose either destination based on where cars are going. So I sympathize with the people who are unhappy about the change in the Pentagon/Rosslyn/Crystal City line. Changes should be made only after drivers and slugs are truly surveyed - we don't like it when the Pentagon for example makes wholesale changes to slugging without even asking us for input, so why do it to each other? |
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shanbz ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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I like the new lines....once I figured out the process on the first day that I drove (I usually ride). I've spent many mornings, walking all the way down to the turn looking for CC rides. Doesn't seem to me that this would affect those that can take any ride. Just decide which one you want to go to and head to that car. If there are no cars for Rosslyn, you can see that by just looking over there and that makes the decision for you as to whether you want to take a pentagon ride. Doesn't seem too difficult to me! Just my 2 cents![:p]
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akire25 ![]() New Slug ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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The new lines work great!
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