Wiehle-Reston Station Kiss and Ride

Difficult to find if you’re getting off the Metro and meeting someone here for the first time - very little signage in the station to get here. I went down the stairs next to Founding Farmer to the street and wandered around looking for it. Thankfully another lost traveler was looking for the entrance to the station but knew where the kiss and ride was, so we traded info and got to our destinations. His trick was to find the bike holding area, which is opposite the kiss and ride. At least it’s not outdoors, so you don’t have to deal with the rain or snow while waiting for your ride to show up.

This parking garage was massive and it was free of charge when we went on a weekday. My family was staying in the Herndon area and we parked here to take the DC Metro to spend a day in the city. I did like that they had color coded business cards near the elevator for you to take to remember which level you parked on.

Surprisingly, my mom actually took me here at 5am a few years ago and did a legitimate “kiss and ride” send off for a major licensing exam I was taking that day in DC (I was a 25 year old man at the time, it felt just a little weird to be dropped off by my mom at that age). A month before that I had no idea “kiss and ride” was even a thing, but I love that this exists.

A clean station 🚉, is a good station, thanks Wiehle-Reston.

Horrible design! Offering no grace period while accidentally entering the visitor parking lot while using metro on a Sunday. No maneuvering space before ticketing, so you’ll have one short second to make the right turning decision. Paid about $5 just entering and exiting immediately.