{"id":1598,"date":"2010-06-16T07:11:26","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2010-06-16T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T20:50:05","slug":"discover-d-c-the-great-blogdown-to-the-2010-ala-annual-conference-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/discover-d-c-the-great-blogdown-to-the-2010-ala-annual-conference-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover D.C. – The Great Blogdown to the 2010 ALA Annual Conference – #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re in the home stretch — less than a week and a half before thousands of librarians and library staff from all over descend on Our Nation’s Capital.\u00a0 And just in time for everyone’s arrival, Washington’s Metro transit system will be\u00a0implementing round one of its FY ’11 fare hikes.\u00a0 Not unlike many libraries around the country, Metro has been struggling to keep its budget balanced amidst declining revenue.\u00a0 Thus, to keep a long story short, fares on Metrorail and Metrobuses will be increasing on Sunday, June 27 (pending final approval from the Metro Board on June 24), right during the Annual Conference.\u00a0 Metro’s Trip Planner<\/a> has already incorporated the new fares, so check it out to determine the price of your trip.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick rundown of the changes in Metrorail fares:<\/p>\n

Regular Fare (Weekdays before 9:30am & 3-7pm, after 2am on Weekends)<\/span><\/p>\n

$1.75 minimum, $4.60 maximum (before June 27)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

$1.95 minimum, $5.00 maximum\u00a0(June 27 and After)<\/p>\n

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Reduced Fare (Weekdays 9:30am-3pm & after 7pm, Weekends before 2am)<\/span><\/p>\n

$1.45 minimum, $2.45 maximum\u00a0(before June 27)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

$1.60 minimum, $3.00 maximum\u00a0(June 27 and after)<\/p>\n

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Note that Metro fares are based on the distance you travel.\u00a0 The farther your trip, the more you’ll need to pay.\u00a0 Metro farecard machines display one-way fares from your station to each of the other stations but these may not be updated right away on June 27.\u00a0 (Metro instituted a temporary fare hike earlier this year, so add .10 to each listed fare for the pre-June 27 cost. I still forget to do this myself.)<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget to visit our wiki page <\/a>\u00a0for more D.C. information and helpful hints.<\/p>\n

– Chris\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

P.S. On a lighter note, if you’re in the mood music and BBQ, while you’re here, check out the Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle<\/a> on Pennsylvania Avenue, between 9th and 14th Streets on June 26 & 27.\u00a0 There’s an admission fee ($10\/adults, $5\/children 6-12, children 5 & under are free).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re in the home stretch — less than a week and a half before thousands of librarians and library staff from all over descend on Our Nation’s Capital.\u00a0 And just in time for everyone’s arrival, Washington’s Metro transit system will be\u00a0implementing round one of its FY ’11 fare hikes.\u00a0 Not unlike many libraries around the country, Metro has been struggling to keep its budget balanced amidst declining revenue.\u00a0 Thus, to keep a long story short, fares on Metrorail and Metrobuses will be increasing on Sunday, June 27 (pending final approval from the Metro Board on June 24), right during the Annual Conference.\u00a0 Metro’s Trip Planner has already incorporated the new fares, so check it out to determine the price of your trip. Here’s a quick rundown of the changes in Metrorail fares: Regular Fare (Weekdays before 9:30am & 3-7pm, after 2am on Weekends) $1.75 minimum, $4.60 maximum (before June 27)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-annual-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}