Rep.Ā Gerry ConnollyĀ (D-Va.) on Tuesday criticized aĀ recently-introduced GOP billĀ that would rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump.
āDonald TrumpĀ is facing 91 felony charges,ā Connolly, whose district includes a portion of Dulles, said in a statement. āIf Republicans want to name something after him, Iād suggest they find a federal prison.ā
Rep.Ā Guy ReschenthalerĀ (R-Pa.) introduced the bill Friday proposing to change the name of Dulles to āDonald J. Trump International Airport.ā In a news release on the bill, he said the U.S. āhas never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump.ā
They are in denial about it too when I moved to Baltimore and found out other regions donāt have 24/7 parking lots instead of roads, and then mentioned this fact on a forum full of Northern Virginians. Everybody started bringing up 495 around Bethesda, but like, yeah, thatās technically still the DC metro region even though its MD, not VA. The further you get from DC, the more normal traffic becomes.
I fucking dread it when I have a jobsite in VA, because then I always have to add an hour and a half to a trip that should take 45 minutes.
I think in 20 years we are going to see some detrimental effects on the local economy of that place if nobody can get anywhere anymore in a reasonable amount of time in a place where public transportation is absolutely shit. The Metro needs to extend down to Fredericksburg and out west all the way to Manassas, but thatāll never happen. Some people deal with up to 3 hour commutes, thatās fucking bananas.
Good news! They are extending the HOV lanes to Fredericksburg instead! So they can funnel more traffic into the beltway faster!
I havent had to do a commute since covid, but I do drive around a decent amount. Maybe Iām getting lucky but at least for me, since covid, itās been better that pre-covid. Donāt get me wrong, sometimes it sucks but itās not like it was before. .
When I was in HS, back in the early 90s, my friendās father worked for a 3 letter office, near the Fed Triangle. He got up at 4:30 am every morning to make it to the office by 6 to avoid the worst traffic. That was 30 years ago!