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RoleFizzleBeef t1_jdsyofy wrote

They usually park on the shoulder of 395, too. No clue if anyone is doing that today though.

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sunshowered t1_jdt6oyo wrote

They weren’t just on the shoulder of 395 today, people were parked ON THE FUCKING BRIDGE in the right lane today

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CrownStarr t1_jdtkfc7 wrote

Holy fuck, they’re beautiful but they’re just trees! Take the damn metro! What is wrong with people?

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[deleted] t1_jdtqqe9 wrote

This is the end result of people living way out in fucking Leesburg or wherever having their brains rotted by everyone talking about the CrImE wAvE

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MantaRayGunz t1_jdutfd1 wrote

This is bollocks. I live in Leesburg and took the silver line in for the festival. Those cars were packed. Ashburn station did a ton of volume yesterday.

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sporkityfork t1_jdwdeq0 wrote

Dude I come in from Front Royal all the time on the metro lol. Some people are just car addicts

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theroadtooxiana t1_jdtteln wrote

I don't get it?

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OctoberCaddis t1_jdznl45 wrote

Yo I live in DC, use Metro, and would love if the city addressed crime (which has legitimately exploded the past few years) and made trains more efficient (though Metro is pretty great compared to many other US transit systems).

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EdgarAllenFro t1_jdtvqsw wrote

Or maybe actually address crime and make trains more efficient so people will ride, just a thought!

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Pesco- t1_jdu5kk5 wrote

Look, you’re not going to get shanked on the Orange line between Vienna and Smithsonian on Sunday at 10 am.

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DontDoomScroll t1_jdu83nw wrote

It's a slippery slope though.
Once someone parks outside zone hours and gets a ticket, they are one step closer to disregard for the law necessary to stab a metro passenger.

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DontDoomScroll t1_jdtyt3a wrote

"Trains run on time and address crime" sounds fascist to me.

>Mussolini may have done many brutal and tyrannical things; he may have destroyed human freedom in Italy; he may have murdered and tortured citizens whose only crime was to oppose Mussolini; but 'one had to admit' one thing about the Dictator: he 'made the trains run on time.'

Just a dash of jest in what I am expressing

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EdgarAllenFro t1_jdvhy96 wrote

Classic DC liberal argument. Asking to address crime is fascist!!

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DontDoomScroll t1_jdw3xtg wrote

I am not a liberal, I am opposed to liberalism, I am opposed to both capitalism (exploitive) and democracy (authoritarian).
You kinda have to be pro capitalism and pro democracy to be a liberal.

I am no Marxist either. Nor a defender of States.

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Maximum-Share-2835 t1_jdvmbmv wrote

You mean like how the trains are peaceful and run so often I literally never have to check when they're coming, just like in a real civilized city?

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studyhardbree t1_jduzno1 wrote

Literally take the damn metro. I am so perplexed but the idiots who parked on 66/395.

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[deleted] t1_jdwdmsg wrote

Honestly put their cars in a crusher, they have proven they aren't responsible enough to be commanding a 2 ton metal box

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No-Friend-9781 t1_jdtnv1t wrote

It was insane. Seriously people. Parking on a literal highway is not safe

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fwillia t1_jdw3yam wrote

Can confirm. Walking across the bridge, I saw a man parked in the right lane, dressed in a suit, putting his kid into a stroller. With a wall dividing the highway from the path, the only way to get to the Tidal Basin was to roll into oncoming traffic.

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kevin_from_illinois t1_jdsz5q7 wrote

Another commenter posted that they saw that. Hopefully they're getting towed/ticketed as well, that's just ridiculous.

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sqfreak t1_jdtml24 wrote

When I drove by, it didn't look like it. There were also people unloading in the middle lane (because the right lane was all parking) on the transition from 14th Street to the bridge, so there was only one travel lane.

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Roho_Kitnam t1_jdtna10 wrote

Yep, they were. Southbound lane on the bridge. Saw a dad pushing a stroller with kids trailing behind, meandering north in a 395 travel lane. Folks were parking and climbing the rail to walk back north in the bike/walking path. Lunacy. Not a cop in sight.

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MammothBobcat251 t1_jdt9ewt wrote

In addition to 395 itself being a literal parking lot. The entire ramp toward National was at a standstill due to idiocy as well. Total mess.

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brightwooddogmom t1_jdt0yeb wrote

Saw people doing this at 7 am so I assume it only got worse later into the day.

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london_toby t1_jdty02w wrote

Nope. A ten minutes drive from downtown DC to DCA took a hour and fifteen minutes today around 1pm. Because people were literally parking on the bridge on 395S.

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kateln t1_jdunqlu wrote

That explains why it took two hours to drive to my parents yesterday.

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BoxFish2977 t1_jdwnarf wrote

Friends flight was delayed by an hour because the pilot was stuck in that traffic jam!

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