I’d be curious what countries/cultures those studies looked at. Poverty in one country can look a lot more anti-social than in another. You can’t blame it entirely on poverty.

DC cherry blossoms are already starting to bloom. Not good.

I mean, they’re putting in tons of bike lanes now as part of a long term project. It’s not an instant thing.

The victim should have pulled over, too.

The resolution on that dash cam is unfortunate.

It's still a hit and run. Per DC code § 50–2201.05c:

(a) Any person who operates or who is in physical control of a vehicle within the District who knows or has reason to believe that his or her vehicle has been in a collision shall immediately stop

City Center

Canadian Embassy

Union Station

Willard Hotel

U.S. Capitol

The national Christmas tree isn’t even in the top 5 best Christmas trees in DC. Some years it can be downright ugly.

And yet political science is a top riser. Maybe that says something about the state of politics.

Not enough traffic.

No one’s going to commute on a metro when it takes 2+ hours each way, regardless of how they feel about driving.

I think you’re wrong, but I guess we’ll see.

I think it'll be more like 1hr 15 but, regardless, that's just the train portion...

The thing that everyone forgets is that, because this is a surbuban station, basically everyone in Ashburn will have to get in a car (maybe a bus), and drive to Ashburn Station. The amount of time it takes to drive to a train station, drive around finding a parking space, walk through the parking lot, take an elevator/stairs to the right level, possibly even cross over a walkway, to even get into the train station, adds a ton of additional time on top of that 1hr 15min.

Something people also tend to forget is that if people are already in their car driving to a metro stop, many will realize that they can save a lot of time by driving to a Metro drop closer to D.C.

I know this from personal experience back when I lived in Sterling. I was 20 minutes from Wiehle and was excited to use it to go into DC. I ended up using it once in 3 years because it actually took forever.

For weekenders, it's no contest. It's easy to find $10 parking in D.C. and they can cut their travel time in half by driving instead of Metro-ing.

Oh, and don't forget parking $4.50/day or so.

Until people realize how long it takes to metro from that far out compared to driving (or compared to driving to a metro closer to DC).

This won’t change much when it actually opens (aside from airport runs).

While Congress is far too old, I’m not sure I want them to be only a few years out of college, either. A nice wide range would be nice, maybe 30-60 primarily.