Metro Opens More Parking Lots For Inauguration Day

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro officials say they now will have public parking spaces available at all but one Metro station on Inauguration Day.

The transit agency had originally said it was closing the Greenbelt and Morgan Boulevard stations in Maryland and the Van Dorn Street station in Virginia to accommodate charter buses. Limited parking was planned at the Vienna and West Falls Church stations in Virginia and the Shady Grove station in Maryland.

But Metro officials say they have received parking requests from 35 charter buses, when they had initially set aside parking for 1,100 buses.

Because of the limited demand, Metro is now offering nearly 60,000 parking spaces for cars.

Only DC's Minnesota Avenue station parking lot will be closed to provide parking for Metro employees.

Metro parking lots and garages will open at 3:30 a.m. Jan. 20. It will cost $4 to park.