Originally Posted by
Mike Jacoubowsky
Why? I'm neither tourist nor airport employee, but visit DC on a regular basis for work (bicycle lobby). Why wouldn't a business person take the metro when it connects IAD to downtown DC? Improved predictability, similar or shorter travel time to taxi (and likely much faster when traffic is heavy), no need to rent a car. What am I missing?
Speed and fare are unknowns, and the station will be shuttle or healthy underground walk away (with bags). Metro has shorter hours and longer waits on weekends and every Monday holiday (when govt. is closed but most of the private sector isn't). These three-day weekends are among the busiest travel days.
A close-at-midnight system won't work well for 24x7 IAD employees. For local pax, no overnight parking at the Metro stations. This is all a show, and a costly one. It will look great in the brochures, though.