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Does the silver line slow down or is it just insanely far between stations? Every time I’m on 66 or the Dulles toll road those metro trains are going at least 50-6mph

No problem. Happy cake day and safe travels!

Omg I appreciate this so much thank you!!

But that distinction is arbitrary since climate change can be defined as a change in climate- which is constant. What you mean to say is that a man-made effect on the earth's climate is f*cking up the general "pattern" of the jet stream, no?

Ideally they would be better reinforced by a prosecutorial and judicial system that follows through, so that they wouldn't even be entertaining the thought of vigilanteism.

This is just natural fluctuations with the climate- been going on for the past entire history of the earth. What is happening right now is an unstable jet stream which (in America's current case) causes extreme fluctuations in temperatures depending on what side of the jet stream you end up on (right now, generally an abnormally cold West Coast and abnormally warm East Coast). People who are trying to fear monger you are just trying to get you to fall to their narrative.

Yeah, I just said 20 for an easy round number that will also work if OP’s flight into DCA is late and they cross into Peak Fare territory on Friday.

Edit: although, hm yes i forgot it’s just one way on each trip. Even if they pay 6 to get to IAD, they only need two more dollars to get back on a weekend to DCA. OP if you are still reading, make it ten bucks.

NoVA & MoCo/PGC are just Greater DC. Someday we will achieve statehood, form an army, & take what is ours

Great advice, but a couple edits/comments: You don't need $20 if you're only coming through DC for these flights and won't be visiting anytime soon (or just don't want to have to deal with keeping track of the card. The trip from airport to airport should be $3.85 on Friday before 3pm and $2 on the weekend. I believe when you purchase an initial card it charges you $10, $2 of which is for the card and $8 for your fare, which is more than sufficient for these two trips.

You can use the metro's trip planner at https://www.wmata.com/schedules/trip-planner/ or Google Maps is surprisingly accurate.

You can also load your card onto your phone after you purchase it if you install the SmarTrip app if you don't want to keep track of your card.

Before you knock OP, this is part of what a lot of protestors are hoping for haha

True, before 4pm there is hot tea

Ok. So because of some weirdness from the construction and another line being out of service, There are two different blue lines right now. It won’t make a huge difference for you, but the digital signage on the side of the train may say either of the two destinations. Don’t let it confuse you :)

When you leave DCA to go to IAD, follow the mounted permanent signs for the blue line toward “Largo.” I think some signs may actually say something like “trains toward DC” or whatever. The digital signage on the actual train car, because of the construction, will say either Largo or New Carrollton - either is fine!! You will ride five stops and arrive at Rosslyn station, be sure to step off the train here. Go down to the lower level platform (don’t exit the station) and board the silver line train to Ashburn. After many stops you will arrive at IAD. (When you’re boarding the metro from DCA, you DON’T want the trains that say either Huntington or Franconia-Springfield. Wrong platform/trains!)

When you land back at IAD and need to reverse the trip, it’s easy. The only line at IAD is silver, just be sure to board toward Largo (not Ashburn). Once you exit the train at Rosslyn, head down to that same lower level platform you’ve seen before and switch to a blue line train toward Huntington or Franconia-Springfield - either is fine! And five stops later you will be at DCA.

If you load 20 bucks when you get your card out of the vending machine at DCA, you should be fine for all of this.

Step 1: walk outside

Step 2: there is no step 2

Me betting $20 on a football game harms no one.

Imagine if there were laws about what you could purchase

Just remember, it's not the warmest summer/winter/spring/fall in history, it's the coolest one of the rest of our lives.

Thanks. This is probably the best solution and I appreciate everyone who has suggested it. I don’t know why I didn’t go to that first. Thank you all again!

Maybe don’t tell me what I can do with my money.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Sticky that.

Many bases have legal services your military members and dependents can access. You may want to look at setting up an appointment with your future spouse and their base legal services to get additional information.

I saw a sign near my apartment and thought it was a bunch of college bros trying to make a quick buck

Nice try, officer!

Having commuted from the neighborhood next to the runway (Herndon, VA) to DC for 20 years by car every day, I would STRONGLY recommend taking metro!

The drive from Arlington to Dulles is one of the shittiest ever in the history of shitty drives, even if you are a passenger. I’ve done the Uber from DCA to my house and it was $100+.

I still get Columbia Heights confused with Capitol Heights