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Posted by Sand Box John on Tue Jan 20 08:27:16 2009 Metro parking lots are filling upI am posting the full text of the article as its content is likely to change throught out the day: January 20, 2009 - 7:54am WASHINGTON - Metro parking lots are filling quickly as people park and head to the inauguration. Here are the lots that are full:
At 7 a.m., WTOP's Adam Tuss reports there are still plenty of parking spaces at the end of the Orange Line at the Vienna station. At 7 a.m., Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel tells WTOP that priority bus corridors are starting to fill up. People are encouraged to use the buses over the subway trains. At 7:17 a.m., WTOP's Kate Ryan reports that the Shady Grove parking lot on the Red Line is still taking cars, but Lot 1's surface lot is full. At 6:36 a.m., Metro reports that the Blue and Orange line trains are bypassing Federal Center SW due to crowded conditions until further notice. Metro is urging people not to hold open the doors of Metro railcars. Doing so damages the cars. Four railcars had to be taken out of service, but have since been put back in. Here are the Metro ridership numbers by the hour:
Virginia Railway Express says you can park at the Backlick or Lorton lots and take a bus from there. Crowds "The crowds are enormous," D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier tells WTOP. Lanier says people are listening and not driving into the District. She says there is little vehicular traffic in the city. There are large crowds around the checkpoints. Security forces are still doing their sweeps. Lanier says the parade route cannot open until those security checks are finished. Karyn LeBlanc, spokeswoman for the D.C. Department of Transportation, says there are lots of excited pedestrians on the streets. She's urging drivers to watch out for pedestrians. (Copyright 2009 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.) |
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