MS2KJ

Hi all,

I just moved to Sterling and now I commute to Rockville by getting on Rt.7 east in the morning. I know about the Georgetown Pike "short cut" but it took me an hour and a half this morning to get to work with no accidents on Rt. 7. Is this typical on Rt. 7 or is it because it was raining today?

mgiang7

the rain this morning really screwed up the traffic.

have you considered taking white's ferry to the md side and taking the back roads to rockville?

MS2KJ

I thought about that, but Mapquest's estimated time to my destination through the White's Ferry route is 1 hour and 11 minutes...

Veneficus

I used to live in Sterling myself; 193 and 7 can be a pain in the butt during rush hour. It was most likely worse with the rain today, but there is always some congestion. Fortunately I now live right off of 193 right after it crosses the beltway, but I feel your pain. Goodluck and just bear with it.

Dan

mgiang7

yeah but the aggravation factor is much lower. and you should drive it one day as it might be shorter then that due to mapquests error in calculations.

but you're generally screwed in your situation. welcome to NoVA traffic, you just learn to deal with it

it might be just as bad tomorrow as their forecasting rain all day tomorrow too.

MS2KJ

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mgiang7
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yeah but the aggravation factor is much lower.