Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:12:22 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: road conditions in Arlington?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

 . . and if one doesn't use it?  After all, I've never been in a Mercury, =
Gemini or Apollo capsules . . .

mjw

>>> candymadigan at mindspring.com 12/06/02 06:13PM >>>
Would be nice, but tanstaafl.  I think we should pay for what we use.  =
I
think we should pay tolls for every road that we have and that we =
should
have a surtax of $15/gallon, and that the extra should go to our public
transportation.  It would encourage people to use public transportation, =

and it would generate revenue for maintenance/expansion of public
transportation.

At 06:03 PM 12/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>The first SMOFcon, held in Crystal City, I was able to travel and never =
=
>went outside once I got to the Baltimore train station.  Public transit - =
=
>when it goesto and from where you need to go to from to can be quite =
>useful.
>
>My radical thought for the day:  all public transport should be free.
>
>mjw
>
> >>> candymadigan at mindspring.com 12/06/02 05:58PM >>>
>Because it's really inconvenient?
>
>At 12:36 PM 12/06/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >If you're chary about driving, why not take bus or subway?
> >
> >By Metro:
> >
> >   It's about 30 minutes on foot from the Ballston Station on the
> >   Orange Line.  Go west on Fairfax Drive, then after a few hundred
> >   yards turn left on Glebe Road.  After a mile, turn right on
> >   Pershing.  After a few hundred yards turn left on North George Mason
> >   Drive.  After about a mile, turn left on 8th street.  4030 will be
> >   on your right within a few hundred yards, halfway up the side of a
> >   hill.
> >
> >   or
> >
> >   It's about 60 minutes on foot from the Pentagon Station on the Blue
> >   and Yellow lines.  Take Columbia Pike uphill, away from the river,
> >   about three miles.  Turn right on George Mason Drive (at the Food
> >   Star grocery store).  Turn right on 8th street after a few hundred
> >   yards.  4030 will be on your right within a few hundred yards,
> >   halfway up the side of a hill.
> >
> >   The last train from the Ballston station on Friday nights leaves
> >   at 1:39, so even if you're on foot you can stay at WSFA until 1 am
> >   without missing it.  When returning to Ballston, note that the =
station
> >   is right next to a Hilton.  Once you see that hotel, you can save =
time
> >   by heading directly toward it rather than worrying about which road
> >   you're on.  (Gaylaxicon was at that hotel in 1999 and 2000.)
> >
> >By bus:
> >
> >   Take any 16 bus from the Pentagon Metro station.  It will go up
> >   Columbia Pike.  Exit the bus at George Mason Drive (at the Food
> >   Star grocery store).  Turn right on George Mason Drive.  Turn right
> >   on 8th street after a few hundred yards.  4030 will be on your right
> >   within a few hundred yards, halfway up the side of a hill.  Buses
> >   leave the Pentagon at 8:19, 8:32, 8:43, 9:07, 9:31, 9:55, 10:19,
> >   and 10:46 pm.  Buses leave the intersection of Columbia Pike and
> >   George Mason Drive heading back to the Pentagon at 9:31, 10:01,
> >   10:26, 10:51, 11:14, and 11:51, pm, and at 12:14 and 12:59 am.
> >
> >I'm glad I never got a car if it would have led to utter dependency
> >on that car.
> >--
> >Keith F. Lynch - kfl at keithlynch.net - http://keithlynch.net/
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