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Friday, February 22, 2013

Riders upset Fairfax Connector may end Pentagon express service, Sprawl & Crawl, WTOP, February 22, 2013

Ari Ashe, wtop.com
RESTON, Va. - Federal workers may lose a Fairfax Connector express bus service that carries hundreds each day from Reston to the Pentagon.
"Right now, it takes 35 minutes to get to work. It's just wonderful," says Sarah Stein of Herndon, who commutes from Reston North Park and Ride to the Pentagon each weekday.
"It's easy. I've been riding the bus for eight years. I can leave my house at 7:05 and sit down at my desk at 8 a.m.," says Mary Czernowski of Herndon.
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Bus routes 595 and 597, which go from Reston, Va. to the Pentagon are the busiest routes, but a proposal may eliminate them in order to enhance the Silver Line. (WTOP/Ari Ashe)

But the Fairfax Department of Transportation is exploring whether to eliminate Fairfax Connector Routes 595 and 597 to the Pentagon and Crystal City in order to enhance service when the Silver Line opens. . . .
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