🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sept. 1 the newly added third lane of the Dulles Toll Road becomes
HOV3. Boy! That really steams my clams! Why should I have to pay 75
cents to sit in traffic when the people on 270 and 395 can do it for
free? What did the Herndon and Reston residents do to deserve the only
HOV toll road in America? Who's bright idea was it to spend all that
money expanding the Toll Road and then not let anyone use it?

Yeah, I know, I know, they're trying to encourage carpooling. I'm
sorry but I need access to my car during the day and the number of
hours I work per day varies. A better way of reducing the number of
commuters would be to have an *express* shuttle which ran from
Herndon/Reston to the Tyson Corner area at regular intervals. Metrobus
lines from Herndon/Reston make too many damn stops to be useful. Money
would have been better spent on a shuttle rather than a road only 7%
of the population can use.

The past few months have been great... the third lane was completed
but the HOV wasn't in effect yet. There were no more long lines at the
toll plaza (Now the long lines are at the Herndon and Reston exits,
but that's another story). It's amazing what a difference that extra
lane makes. But now they want to take it away from us.

HERNDON AND RESTON RESIDENTS UNITE!!! Go to the window, stick your
head out and yell, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it
anymore!". Then go write your state representative and tell him the
same thing! Maybe if we make enough noise they'll remove the HOV
restriction.

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Skip Koppenhaver
skip@eco.twg.com