Bus Regulation Opens the Free Market at Redskins Games
There was a fabulous anarchic feel around the Morgan Boulevard Metro station on Sunday. Fans going to FedExField for the Redskins/Saints game were met by a horde of vans and drivers shouting for their business as they came off the train.
This was the first regular season game since the team stopped providing shuttle service from the train stops to the stadium. New federal rules went into effect last spring restricting the use of public buses when private companies can provide the same service.
Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who has been using Metro buses all these years, opted not to bring in a private company, as the Washington Nationals use to transport fans from RFK lots to Nationals Park.
Snyder instead raised the parking rate at his cash lots by $5, to $40.
The private vans that I saw were all screaming offers of $5 per ride, but that seemed like an opening bid, and very negotiable given the amount of competition.
I asked a driver how long the ride was, and she said her GPS rated it at 1.4 miles, but they were not allowed to drive all the way up to the stadium gates. In the ridiculous heat and humidity, the vans were doing bang-up business.
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Not that I care, but these drivers are all breaking the law. You need a taxi license to drive people for money. Just wait until the next home game - the PG cops will be there with guns drawn, shooting dogs, & beating up or killing any black people who they don’t like.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Morgan Blvd Metro is less than a mile from the stadium. Landover station is probably a mile and 1/2, but Morgan is really right there. And the drivers won’t even be able to get halfway to the stadium before they are stopped for not having a pass. Maybe the Redskins can install a moving sidewalk? That sounds feasible.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Dave McKenna:
Mike:
any walk other than from the couch to the fridge gets me winded, but i’d bet you a jelly doughnut that the door-to-door trip from train to stadium is waaay more than a mile. i’ve done it, and without visions of lance armstrong, i can’t swear i’d've made it to the finish line…seriously, measure the distance and get back to me.