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Clearly you are not on this road very much. I66 is congested most of the time, such as on Saturdays and Sundays, when people are NOT commuting.

I am on 66 plenty and I can tell you the morning and afternoon congestion in the direction opposite the traditional commuting pattern is likely commuters from DC/Arlington going to jobs in Tysons/Reston. I used to be one of those people and the evidence is that the "anti-commute" direction congestion on weekdays coincides perfectly with morning and afternoon commuting times.

These days I often use WFC metro station to go in traditional commuting direction. Based on my observation, there are very significant numbers of people getting off at WFC coming from Arlington/DC in the morning, further reinforcing the notion of a popular reverse commute pattern.

Yes, 66 is backed up on the weekends too. I'd agree those are not commuting trips.

The bottom line is that adding road capacity/cars to Arlington/DC would be counter to their strategy of limiting the number of cars in those areas, making them more friendly to non-car locomotion. Their strategy has worked very well for them and it would be dumb to force them to change something that works so well. Also, it's not possible to have a place be simultaneously friendly to car and non-car transportation. They are in direct conflict, so a choice has to be made.

Also, what I don't understand, why is it that people from the car-oriented parts of the area are so desperate to travel to the pinko-commie places they despise so much? If you think transit-oriented places are giving you a big middle finger because they're not friendly to your car-oriented ways...don't go there!

Get a different job or move someplace else. But, if you go to Rome, act like a Roman. Assimilate to the culture. In Arlington/DC, that usually means leaving your car at the border and using other means for transportation.

by Falls Church on May 18, 2012 1:57 pm • link • report

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