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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 10:56 AM Original message |
Escalators? Nope. Plan to hoof it on Jan. 20 |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. They do that for football games, protests, etc. It can really suck. nt |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's really good for the mobility impaired |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Aren't there elevators for those people? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Metro's elevators are often out of service. I wouldn't count on them to be working either. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. There are elevators; |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. What's that station? HUGE escalators...DuPont Circle? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Probably won't be DuPont--more likely smithsonian and federal triangle stops. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Smithsonian is on the Mall; |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Uh, yes, I know that.... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. That's nice, but the inaugural visitor |
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Jay Landsman (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I haven't seen anything official, but they might close some stations |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I thought they were completely closing those stops. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The Mall metro entrance will definitely be shut down as it opens into the security zone. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yup. The Independence Ave. entrace will still be open. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Absolutely frightening, those escalators... |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Glad I'm not the only one..... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. You got that right. I'm usually afraid of falling |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. You're not alone |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, DuPont has the very long escalator. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Bethesda's are longer, but since they aren't downtown, they'll probably be in service. nt |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. That one is my morning work out. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. They need to make the 'up' escalators go faster. Particularly on the train level... |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Dupont's not likely to be a major get-off point - but yes, it's one of the long and steep ones. |
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GreatCaesarsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. this is just common sense |
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DrPresident (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. DuPont Circle, Rosslyn, Medical Center |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. The ones near the mall are not that bad. I am more worried about the Metro trains. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oh come on just because they are in 3 time zones.... |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. In 1993 the law firm I worked at on Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th Ave |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. OMG..I remmber being at the top of one and there was no bottom in site |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. The one at Wheaton Metro is way long and scary but |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I'm not looking forward to the morning commute. Fortunately... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. When I lived in NoVa and worked in D.C. the offices all closed on Inauguration Day. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Government offices may close - I've never had a day off for inauguration |
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Glimmer of Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Woodley/National Zoo/Adams Morgan will give you a good workout too. |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. Some stations to be CLOSED |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. Another bit of advice on the trains, when the doors close, the doors close |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-08-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. The really long escalators aren't anywhere near the inauguration area |
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