ANYONE FOR RT. 208 (F'BG) TO PENT. AND BACK

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   Is anyone interested in a slug line to/from the Rt. 208 Commuter Lot to/from the Pentagon?  I would normally leave between 6:15-6:30, and return around 4:15-4:30, sometimes as late as 5 (I leave from Navy Annex, so it takes a few minutes to get there).  I don't want to drive all the time, so I am looking for slugs/drivers.

	Thanks!

	Staci

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staciw71 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote staciw71 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: ANYONE FOR RT. 208 (F'BG) TO PENT. AND BACK Posted: 29 Apr 2005 at 11:51am
	Is anyone interested in a slug line to/from the Rt. 208 Commuter Lot to/from the Pentagon? I would normally leave between 6:15-6:30, and return around 4:15-4:30, sometimes as late as 5 (I leave from Navy Annex, so it takes a few minutes to get there). I don't want to drive all the time, so I am looking for slugs/drivers. Thanks! Staci

122582 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 122582 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29 Apr 2005 at 1:18pm
	Staci, If Rt 3 gets any worse, I might just start coming home that way. You'd need quite a few slugs to get a sign up at the Pentagon. How bad is it for you to backtrack to Smith Station Road and take that over to Gordon, the up to the Rt 3 lot?

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 May 2005 at 11:14pm
	Why not just slug from Rt. 17? It's a few miles farther north but much closer to 95 than the Rt. 3 lot. I usually use Rt. 3 as I come from that direction anyway, but I agree that a Rt. 208 line, if there's enough interest, would be a great idea.

sluDgE Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote sluDgE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 May 2005 at 7:01am
	Is the Fredericksburg morning weekday commuter traffic as bad as I-95 northbound through there on Sunday afternoons? [?] We came up I-95 from through Fredericksburg from SC late yesterday afternoon, and traffic was at a crawl from the US-1 to US-17 exits. [:(] Never drove above 30 mph that entire distance, and there were no accidents. [V] Anyone know why it's that way? Is there any thought to building an I-95 bypass around that tie-up? Keep on sluggin' ![:)]

122582 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote 122582 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 May 2005 at 8:13am
	Nothing personal sluDgE, but a large part of our southern Sunday (saturday, and Friday night too) tie ups are folks heading south or north for the weekend (Kings Dominion, VA Beach, Williamsburg, etc). Also at Rt 3 we have Central Park, which has ruined Rt 3 by attracting folks from all over. Since there's no good Rt 17 to Rt 3 alternate route, all the folks from south Stafford head our way for shopping. Even during the week, it can take me 30 minutes to get from I-95 to the Rt 3 sluglot.

wahoowa Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote wahoowa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 May 2005 at 12:19pm
	Yep, Central Park is what ties traffic up on Rt. 3 itself, and many afternoons the traffic from Rt. 3 backs up the right hand lane on I-95 for a couple of miles. Mornings it's a breeze to get from the Rt. 3 lot onto I-95, and I come from the west anyway to pick up slugs so it's not out of my way to get to Rt. 3. But from points south it seems to me that Rt. 17 is a much more convenient slug line to use. I agree that weekend traffic on 95 is heavily unpredictable, and there's no good alternate route (except for Route 1, which is just as slow).

savannahr1 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 08 Apr 2003 Location: va Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote savannahr1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 2005 at 10:42am
	I would be VERY interested in slugging from the Rt 208 commuter lot. It's only two miles from my house.

SpotsySlugBug Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpotsySlugBug Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jun 2005 at 4:54pm
	Me too Savannahr1. I'm right off Courthouse so that would be excellent.