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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yes, but there's a lot more demand for the limited parking than there is for the less limited space on the trains.
Unfortunately, it means a lot of people will say "screw metro" and start driving. Which is why I've always thought they should impose some sort of toll on everyone entering the city (or taking 66 or 395 or something) and use the money to subsidize (further) public transit. Driving is simply too cheap.
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Driving is cheap (arguable), parking ain't.
I think we're looking at $12 a day on a monthly contract in our garage.
So, $190 a month, toss in gas, toss in the aggravation of life when a drop of rain hits the pavement and some twit in an 18-wheeler has flipped it on the exit to Shirlington, and you see why some folks will continue to stomach the fare increase.
The people who are going to get hammered are the bus folks - those that travel one way on the bus from the metro. The discount goes from 85 cents to about 20 cents.
The elimination of the 10% fare bonus for $20 metro cards is a bummer, however.
