WASHINGTON — Veterans Day is a federal holiday. The federal government,
along with most local government offices in D.C., will be closed Tuesday.
Most banks are closed Tuesday. Post offices are also closed, but Priority Mail
Express delivery will still happen.
Transit
HOV restrictions won’t be in effect in Northern Virginia due to the
federal holiday.
In D.C., Rock Creek Parkway will not be one-way during the morning and
evening rush hours.
Parking meters will not be in effect in the District for the day.
Metro will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight. All stations will be
open except Smithsonian, because it’s within the security zone for the Concert
for Valor on the National Mall.
Trains will start the day on a Saturday schedule (every 12 minutes), gradually
increasing to rush-hour frequency (2-3 minutes in most places) immediately
before and after the 7 p.m. concert. All parking at Metro-owned lots and
garages is free; all rail fares will be off-peak.
Nine stations — Metro Center, Federal Triangle, L’Enfant Plaza, Archives,
Gallery Place, Federal Center SW, Union Station, Judiciary Square and Capitol
South — will be open after midnight for concert attendees, but you must be in
line by midnight.
The Blue Line will not run on Tuesday; additional Yellow Line
trains will run instead. There will be buses and special trains to Arlington
National Cemetery.
Metro buses will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule.
MetroAccess will operate on a regular schedule, but subscription trips will be
canceled.
MARC trains will run on a Saturday Penn Line schedule and S Brunswick
Line schedule. There will be no Camden Line service.
There will be no VRE service.
The only Maryland commuter bus that will still operate is Route 201, on
a weekend/holiday schedule.
Ride On: Operates on a modified holiday schedule. Click
here for the schedule.
ART: Route 43 will run on a regular schedule. ART 41, 42, 51, 77 and 87
will run Saturday schedules. All other ART routes will not operate.
DASH bus service: Regular weekday schedule.
Fairfax Connector: Routes with holiday weekday service operate
according to the weekday schedule except routes 335, 394, 395, 432, 493, 494,
495, 585, 599, 724, 734, and 985 which will not operate.
D.C.
Schools: Closed
Courts: Closed
Trash and recycling pickup: There is no pickup on Tuesday; trash and
recycling collection will slide to the next day for the rest of the week.
Libraries: Closed
Parking: Parking meters, residential parking and rush-hour lane
restrictions won’t be enforced. There will be many emergency no-parking zones
around the Mall, though.
The Ft. Totten Transfer Station is closed. It will reopen at 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
Maryland
State government offices: Closed
Courts: Closed
Schools: Open in Charles, Frederick and Howard counties; early
dismissal for K-8 in Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties.
Libraries: Closed, except for Anne Arundel County.
Montgomery County
County offices: Closed
County courts: Closed
County liquor stores: Open regular hours.
Trash and recycling pickup: No collection Tuesday. All pickups will
slide to the next day this week.
Parks: For a list of what’s open and what hours, click
here.
Prince George’s County
County offices: Closed
County courts: Closed
Trash and recycling pickup: Operates on a normal schedule. However,
bulky trash collections will not operate on Tuesday and will resume services
on Wednesday.
The Bus: Normal service operates except for Routes 51. The Para-transit
and Call-a-Bus services will not run.
Virginia
Schools: Open in Fairfax, Fauquier and Loudoun counties and Alexandria;
closed elsewhere.
Libraries: Closed, except for Alexandria.
Trash pickup: None in Fairfax City; regular collections elsewhere.
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