Rosslyn to Potomac Mills Need Drivers
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Topic: Rosslyn to Potomac Mills Need Drivers
Posted By: cdatkins
Subject: Rosslyn to Potomac Mills Need Drivers
Date Posted: 12 May 2005 at 10:17am
I get to Potomac Mills about 7:30 am every morning, and NEVER have to wait for a ride to Rosslyn.
So why is it that I have to sometimes wait 15 minutes to get a ride back to Potomac Mills in the evening from Rosslyn?
Are some drivers picking up at Potomac Mills in the morning then taking slugs back to Horner in the evening?
I don't understand it.
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Posted By: carleric
Date Posted: 12 May 2005 at 11:31am
I noticed the same thing. I hit P Mills at 7 AM and there's always 5 to 10 cars waiting to take me to Rosslyn. Always.
Yet when I leave at 4, it seems like I always have to wait. I guess most drivers work longer hours than I.....
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Posted By: dickboyd
Date Posted: 12 May 2005 at 2:18pm
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Originally posted by carleric
[br]I noticed the same thing. I hit P Mills at 7 AM and there's always 5 to 10 cars waiting to take me to Rosslyn. Always.
Yet when I leave at 4, it seems like I always have to wait. I guess most drivers work longer hours than I.....
Could it be the drivers continue on to DC? Has anyone mentioned that there are benefits to picking up slugs in the afternoon? Would a sample written explanation of two way slugging be in order? Sounds like an imbalance in origin/destination.
dickboyd@aol.com
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Posted By: Rebecca22193
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2005 at 9:40am
There is a simple explanation to this problem. People pick up at Potomac Mills in the morning because there is a smaller line of cars; therefore, they'll get their slugs faster. They pick up at Rosslyn in the evening, too, only this time they're going to Horner Road, because it's a quicker drop off point. The bottom line here is that it's all about the driver's convenience, which we should all be able to understand.
Now here's some advice for those of us slugging back to Potomac Mills at night (where we dropped off our cars in the morning, drivers!). Go to the END of the slug line in Rosslyn. The drivers at that end are much more amenable to taking a slug to Potomac Mills, since they realize it will take them longer to wait for a Horner Road passenger. (whew, hope this helps)
Becky
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Posted By: ohio 7
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2005 at 10:41am
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I have a course in Ballston in a week and would like to try slugging to Horner from Rosslyn instead of changing trains and continuing on to the Pentagon. I've printed out the directions but am wondering how long it would take to get picked up if I was there around 3:45-4:15?
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Posted By: 04elantragtboy
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2005 at 12:25pm
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I'd have to say it depends on the day, I my self get to the Rosslyn line around 3:15 most days and stand there till about 3:40 sometimes, it seems like the popular choice from 3:30-4pm is Horner. I was out there one week around 4:30 and there was 10 cars for potomac and only people going to Hornor.
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Posted By: mizzmaddy
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2005 at 11:24am
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I just started slugging from Potomac Mills to Rosslyn a few weeks ago and found that during the AM it's easy to find a ride. But for the most part Monday through Wednesday it's okay to find a ride. For some reason Thursdays and Fridays are long long lines of people and very few cars. I'm thinking my next attempt will be to take the Metro from Rosslyn to Pentagon and get rides from there on Thursdays and Fridays.
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