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Route 17 to L'Enfant Plaza slugging

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Topic: Route 17 to L'Enfant Plaza slugging

Posted By: css
Subject: Route 17 to L'Enfant Plaza slugging
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2006 at 9:34am

Do people pick up slugs at the Route 17 commuter lot (West of 95), going to L'Enfant Plaza in DC? Just moved to Fredericksburg, trying to figure this out. The VRE train is expensive and takes forever.

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Posted By: SuTaRiCh
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2006 at 1:18pm

I am a sometimes user of the rte 17 slug line (I actually take VRE most days). I have had luck slugging to L'Enfant Plaza in the AM from the Rte 17 VDOT lot, but it is a bit hit or miss (at least at 6 in the AM). If you are flexible, though, you can slug to the Pentagon and take a short Metro to L'Enfant or try for a 14th Street slug (and sometimes Navy Yard people will take you close to L'Enfant too).

The drawback is that there is no PICKUP from L'Enfant in the evening (despite what this web site says). You MUST Metro to Pentagon to get home - pretty quick to get there on Metro, but just annoying somehow.

Posted By: SuTaRiCh
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2006 at 1:20pm

Different question. How LATE in the AM can I hope to get a ride from Rte 17 (preferably to L'Enfant, but as described above, I'll go anywhere). Is 7:30 starting to get risky or do L'Enfant rides actually pick up by then?