They published this in the W Post   So, if you had come up
for the inauguration, it would have been  easy to get there from where I 
live!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112401675.html

Inauguration-Bound? Just Walk, Metro Says.





By Lena H. Sun
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 25, 2008; Page B01

Here's the latest from Metro on attending the inauguration festivities
for President-elect Barack Obama: If you live or are staying within
two miles of the Capitol, walk.

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Inauguration-Bound? Just Walk, Metro Says.
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"It will be faster than standing in line and trying to get on a
train," said Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith. That includes an area
roughly bordered by the Woodley Park, Foggy Bottom, Navy Yard,
Stadium-Armory and Rhode Island Avenue stations.

With estimates of attendance ranging between 1.5 million and 4
million, Metro is warning of unprecedented crowds and lines. It is
bracing for a crush on the rail system, meaning 120,000 people an
hour. Metro will open at 4 a.m. Jan. 20. So by noon, crush loads for
eight hours would mean nearly 1 million people, Smith said.

Even though Metro is encouraging riders to spread out their trips, few
people are likely to be riding at 4 a.m. to get to festivities before
the noon oath-taking.

"What do you think they're going to do? Take the train at 9 a.m.," Smith 
said.

Metro is also expecting thousands of tour buses to be in the area --
perhaps as many as 10,000 -- and is trying to set up bus-only shuttle
service to carry people from outlying areas to drop-off points near
the Mall.

The transit agency is strongly recommending that people buy Farecards
ahead of time. And large banners and signs must be folded or rolled to
no greater than 18 inches by 18 inches.


"marika"  wrote in message 
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> Amazing what Colin Powell had to say on Meet the Press right before the 
> election
>
> My favorite part was when he said about obama: SO WHAT IF HE WERE A MUSLIM
>
> rock on
>
> mk5000
>
>
> " Baptist, Anglican, Catholic, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Pentecostal,
> Uniting, Seventh Day Adventist, Presbyterian...whatever, it does not 
> matter,
> they are all a lie.
> They all are selling a man-made religion."-- Michael Christ