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Fairfax Cross County Trail, 41 miles: completed 2 July 2010.
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Freebies
Something for those of us with too much time on our hands: Gleeful Gecko points out that IMDB has quietly made available a modest list of feature-length movies for free viewing in a lo-fi window. The offerings are all over the map—everything from The Toxic Avenger to Lost in Translation.
I voted
There’s something to be said for going to the polls in the middle of the day. I was in and out in ten minutes, even with a stop to talk to Vivien. My precinct was offering the choice of machine or paper ballots. I went with the high-tech option.
Fixing a missing connection
Steve Offutt road-tests the “invisible tunnel” connection between Farragut West and Farragut North:
The technology exists to allow Metro riders to transfer between the two Farragut stations and treat them as though they were transferring within the system. Metro should implement this idea immediately, since there is no downside, many riders will save time, and congestion at Metro Center will be reduced.
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I took a stopwatch with me to see how long it would take. For the initial trip I reached the top of the escalator at exactly the wrong time to cross I St. and had to wait the full light cycle. I waited about 25 seconds to cross K St. I was standing on the platform at Farragut North 5′ 13″; after the doors opened on my train at Farragut West. On the return trip I arrived on the street during the walk signal at K St. but had to wait about 20 seconds at I St. I was on the platform 4′ 10″; from the time the train doors opened at Farragut North.
Makes sense to me. I’ve performed that transfer myself once or twice when I knew that there would be excessive congestion at Metro Center. It would be nice to save the extra base fare.
Of course, this doesn’t work so well during off hours when the eastern Farragut West station entrance is closed.
