New Runway Opens, a Plus for Holiday Travel

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

Dulles International Airport opened a fourth runway yesterday, an early gift for holiday travelers. Read story and 2 comments »

A Quicker Trip by Airport (but Not by Plane)

Loophole Gives Commuters Shortcut Through Dulles to Low-Traffic Access Road

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Harried commuters are taking advantage of a loophole that allows drivers on airport business to use the Dulles Access Road, which was designed to funnel passengers to the airport from the Capital Beltway. Read story and 4 comments »

Va. High Court Revives Dulles Toll Road Suit

Proposed Metro Extension Hits Another Snag

Saturday, June 7, 2008

A proposed extension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport, already on precarious footing, was dealt another setback yesterday when the Virginia Supreme Court allowed a lawsuit to go forward challenging plans to use Dulles Toll Road receipts to fund construction. Read story »

Loudoun Rail Gets Federal Approval

Federal Transportation Department Makes Stark Reversal

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Federal transportation officials today told Congress and Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) that they have approved the proposed 23-mile extension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport, reversing their announcement in January that the project was unfit for federal funding. Read story and 6 comments »

Suit Against Dulles Rail Project Withdrawn

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The group calling for a planned construction of the Dulles Metrorail extension to be re-opened for a more competitive bidding process has withdrawn a federal lawsuit seeking to block the project. Read story »

Similar Runway Incidents Investigated

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008

Twice in eight days, the wings of passenger jets have clipped each other on runways at area airports, prompting investigations by federal authorities. Read story »

2 Taxiing Planes Clip Wings at Dulles

Monday, Feb. 25, 2008

Two United Airways planes being taxied to runways at Dulles International Airport clipped wings yesterday evening and were evacuated without injury, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said. Read story and 1 comment »

Some See Funding Woes as Chance to Fix Flaws

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008

For some, the possible denial of federal funding for a proposed Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport is not a setback, but an opportunity. Read story »

Text of the Board's Metrorail Resolution

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Tuesday adopted a resolution in support of the extension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County. The resolution points out that the county's future economic growth is tied to the growth of the airport and the vitality of the Dulles Corridor, and that the county has been actively planning for the extension of Metrorail to Route 772 for more than 15 years. Read story »

Chamber Urges Region To Fight for Rail to Dulles

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

Officials from the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce said they are helping lead an effort to mobilize Northern Virginia businesses and residents to fight for the survival of the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport. Read story »

U.S. Input Sought to Save Rail To Dulles, Loudoun

Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) asked regulators yesterday to tell him how to change the plan for the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport to qualify for federal funding, striking a conciliatory tone but offering no specific changes himself. Read story »

Equity Groups Show Interest in Investing in Dulles Rail

Without U.S. Funds, Partnership May Be Only Alternative

Monday, Jan. 28, 2008

Private equity investors are drawing up proposals to partner with Virginia for a rail line to Dulles International Airport as hope fades that the federal government will help fund the 23-mile Metrorail extension. Read story »

The Dulles Rail Death Knell

A Region Stunned at Loss of Future Economic Engine Seeks to Salvage or Rethink Project

Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008

Regional business and political leaders have looked to a rail connection between the nation’s capital and its premier airport as more than a congestion reliever. It was to be an organizing principle around which Northern Virginia would grow. Read story »

Contradictions Surface in Dulles Rail Talks

Va., Federal Officials Disagree on Dulles

Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008

Federal transportation officials gave incremental approvals to the proposed Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport on many of the same issues that they cited in rejecting it this week, according to letters, memos and interviews. Read story »