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Pros: Plenty of bike racks encourage a healthy commute. During the rest of the day, the station is much quieter. During rush, the Orange Line is packed like sardines heading out of the city, and East Falls Church is usually the first stop with enough people disembarking to relieve the pressure. Ridership: Bike-loving commuters and KISS and Riders abound at this suburban outpost. Station: East Falls Church Rating (1-10): 6 Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go watch Robert De Niro in Scarface.Įast Falls Church is always packed with bikes - I love it! Leave DC, head due west on Lee Highway, arrive at East Falls Church, which is located – you guessed it – just east of West Falls Church. With my latest trip to East Falls Church, I think I finally have it down.

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The driver looked at me skeptically and I wanted to tell him that I was a seasoned Metro rider, but I probably came off as a tourist. Luckily we weren’t in much of a hurry, but I still felt like an idiot.Įven the other day, as I was boarding the 3A, I had to double-check with the driver that we were heading for the closer of those two stations. When I finally checked my email, I realized that I was definitely the one running late…because I was supposed to meet her at West Falls Church. Once I stood on the platform of the East Falls Church Metro for nearly 30 minutes, thinking my ride was just running really late. This might seem obvious, but again, I’m always confusing the two. Thus, the East Falls Church Metro station is – indeed – east of the West Falls Church one. Likewise, I constantly think of Arlington County as being directly south of DC proper, but it’s actually west of the city. But c’mon, cut me some slack! They were both in The Godfather, right? I think I finally have it right: Pacino was not in Goodfellas, and De Niro did not star in Scent of a Woman. I knew right from left, but could never quite remember which was appropriate for that particular daily occurrence.Īnd when I used to perform improv comedy I would always – always – confuse Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, which made for some funny scenes, but not because I was intending them to be. When I was in kindergarten, I got good marks on just about every task except for one: I would consistently place my left hand over my heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Some things I can never seem to get straight.

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Next time, Metro, make sure that FREE shuttle really is free after all. So yeah…the shuttle itself costs the rider nothing, that much is true, but you might make up for that cost in other ways, and if you’re traveling farther on the system than I was, you would notice that difference of $2 or more. I can only imagine the confusion that caused on their trips back later that afternoon.

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For those folks, the trip from Vienna to Navy Yard would cost a full dollar more in each direction, which could add up quickly if you’re dragging all the kids and grandparents along. My bigger concern was that there was also a Nats game that day and every single SmarTrip machine was occupied by folks who clearly don’t ride Metro often and were unclear about how much to put on their paper farecards. But it seems to me that if they were going to let us breeze through the gate at West Falls Church, they should have done the same at East Falls Church – there needs to be consistency in this system. The same trip from Farragut West to Dunn Loring would normally cost $2.75. She hit a couple of buttons on her computer and instructed me to walk through the turnstile, whereupon my SmarTrip card was charged another $1.30, bringing the total cost of the trip – FREE Shuttle included! – to $2.90. “No problem,” she said, and then turned around to – I presumed – let me back out through the gate. When I exited at Dunn Loring, my final destination, I explained to the station attendant that we had just walked through an open gate at West Falls Church after getting off the shuttle. Okay, I thought, Maybe I only have to pay for part of my trip? But nope. Just a guess, but they’re definitely not your average surly station managers.Īt West Falls Church, they opened the gates for us and we all just walked straight to the platform. I know that for situations like this WMATA allows just about any employee to volunteer for a special shift, and I’m gonna guess that some of these folks were HR or accounting types. We arrive at the station where everything is clearly marked and the Metro folks in the neon-hued vests couldn’t have been nicer. Today's shuttle is brought to you by the letter 'S, for side arm.

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