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Subject: 
DC security: travel keep-in-minds?
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:10:32 GMT
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It's been much reported on the news that the security clampdown on DC is having
an effect on drivers -- does that apply only to DC proper, or also to
surrounding communities such as Arlington?  WAMALUG-locals would be the ones to
report.

I'm coming by Amtrak from Philadelphia, so I'll be double-checking their luggage
policy; and then by Metrorail
(http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/riding_metrorail.cfm, safety page:
http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/metrorail_safety.cfm) from Union Station to
Arlington.  The Metro cops are known for being heavy-handed, so perhaps I should
pack my models in transparent, easily-opened containers?  (It's not like
Boston's package-size restrictions during the DNC, anyway.)



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  Re: DC security: travel keep-in-minds?
 
(...) Getting through security on amtrak might will probably be your biggest issue. I take the metro down to the FAA in the mornings, and there's no big deal about security. I also went to see my broker in the finnancial disctrict the other day (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)

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