After years of hoping, speculating and planning, the 'virtual tunnel' between the Farragut West and Farragut North Metro stations has become a reality! Farragut Crossing opened on Saturday, October 29th, allowing users to transfer for free between the two stations.
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Where you live is an important factor in determining the ease with which you can use public transportation in your daily commute. And, in an area as big large as the Washington, DC metro area, identifying those options can be a pretty daunting process. Luckily, the good people at Walkscore have launched a new tool to help with this very problem.
The Today Show highlighted the worst commuting cities for drivers yesterday and DC lead the pack with 71 hours lost per driver per day. As much as we all want to see the economy completely recover we would probably prefer to have it not affect our commute. The truth however, is it will.
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The week of September 19 - 23 is Try Transit Week. www.trytransitweek.com/Virginians are challenged to try transit at least once to get to where they need to go. You could carpool to work, take the metro to dinner or catch a bus to the mall. Using transit is a great way to get wherever you need to go while saving money along the way. Read more at ArlingtonTransit.com.
WMATA is giving people the opportunity to weigh in on the design of the next Metro map. This is your chance to offer feedback to make sure the next map meets your needs as a commuter! The survey is quick - it takes less than 10 minutes.
Being in the business of promoting ways to get around without driving alone, it was obvious to me when we were moving to the DC region that I would do my best to live close to my work. I wasn't willing to spend the additional time to get around for work, errands or pleasure and definitely wasn't interested in purchasing a new car.
