Commuter concerns over how BRAC will affect future commute time.

ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 25: Catherine Voorhees, a work-at-home patent attorney, drives her children 17 miles to gymnastics practice in Woodbridge, Va., March 25, 2010 in Alexandria, Virginia. (R-L) Her son, John, 11, and family friend Amanda Trenchard, 14, look at an iPod to pass the time. (Photo by Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post via Getty Images) INFO FROM REPORTER. THIS WAS IN STORY BUT WAS TAKEN OUT. OK TO USE AS CAPTION INFO (rks) Driving Route 1 is both an art and a science. Catherine Voorhees, has been making the journey with her children from the Mount Vernon area to gymnastics in Woodbridge for the past five years. She knows that a simple fender bender can turn the 35-minute afternoon trip into a two-hour nightmare, to say nothing of what is coming next year when 12,000 more employees descend on Fort Belvoir, a third more than are working there now. So she plans the trips very precisely. The storefront gym in Woodbridge is about 17 miles south of West Potomac High School off Route 1 in Fairfax County, and Voorhees, a patent attorney, has allotted 90 minutes to get there. John, a sixth grader, and his mom - and often with sister Marien, a high school freshman - make the trip at least four times a week, just as rush hour is beginning at the base around 3:30 p.m. "Our goal," Voorhees says, "is to beat the traffic." As they drive on, the speed limit is 45 miles per hour, but the Voorhees' van is clocking 15. At 4:15, Voorhees pulls into a shopping center minutes from their destination, and heads off for a snack before gymnastics begins at 5 p.m. The trip worked well. But you never know, Voorhees said. "I really wish I had a flying car sometimes.
ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 25: Catherine Voorhees, a work-at-home patent attorney, drives her children 17 miles to gymnastics practice in Woodbridge, Va., March 25, 2010 in Alexandria, Virginia. (R-L) Her son, John, 11, and family friend Amanda Trenchard, 14, look at an iPod to pass the time. (Photo by Whitney Shefte/The Washington Post via Getty Images) INFO FROM REPORTER. THIS WAS IN STORY BUT WAS TAKEN OUT. OK TO USE AS CAPTION INFO (rks) Driving Route 1 is both an art and a science. Catherine Voorhees, has been making the journey with her children from the Mount Vernon area to gymnastics in Woodbridge for the past five years. She knows that a simple fender bender can turn the 35-minute afternoon trip into a two-hour nightmare, to say nothing of what is coming next year when 12,000 more employees descend on Fort Belvoir, a third more than are working there now. So she plans the trips very precisely. The storefront gym in Woodbridge is about 17 miles south of West Potomac High School off Route 1 in Fairfax County, and Voorhees, a patent attorney, has allotted 90 minutes to get there. John, a sixth grader, and his mom - and often with sister Marien, a high school freshman - make the trip at least four times a week, just as rush hour is beginning at the base around 3:30 p.m. "Our goal," Voorhees says, "is to beat the traffic." As they drive on, the speed limit is 45 miles per hour, but the Voorhees' van is clocking 15. At 4:15, Voorhees pulls into a shopping center minutes from their destination, and heads off for a snack before gymnastics begins at 5 p.m. The trip worked well. But you never know, Voorhees said. "I really wish I had a flying car sometimes.
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