BIGEST CONGESTION * USA - Good luck getting around D.C. on Inauguration Day
"Pack your patience"
Washington,DC,USA -AP, by NAFEESA SYEED -4 Jan 2009: -- On a typical weekday, hundreds of thousands of people commute to the nation's capital, snarling roads and packing subway trains and buses during peak hours... Imagine multiplying that several times for Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20... "I don't want in any way to discourage anyone," said the District of Columbia's city administrator, Dan Tangherlini. "I just don't want them to come and be completely shocked by what they find"... The Washington area's transit system is telling passengers to expect extraordinarily long lines for trains and buses. Airports will be bustling with extra flights. Traffic could be at a standstill as motorists cope with street and bridge closings. Those who do manage to arrive in Washington will find limited parking... "Pack your patience" is the advice from Corinne Geller, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman... (AP Photo, by Jacquelyn Martin - In this Dec. 14, 2006 file photo, rush hour traffic from the Washington area travels on Interstate 395 and Seminary Road in Alexandria, Va., Traffic congestion is possible during the Presidential inauguration in January 2009)Labels: traffic congestions
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