Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
Plans to expand the ambitious HOT lanes project to ease traffic congestion in Virginia will be delayed because state leaders fear the bond market won’t support funding for the private-public venture and some local officials are uneasy with the proposal. Read story and 3 comments »
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009
Officials have been planning it for years, but the news that the cost of driving the Dulles Toll Road could double by 2012 has angered some motorists and caused some concern among politicians, including the two men vying to become Virginia’s governor. Read story and 13 comments »
Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009
Virginia officials will ask the federal government for more than $1.6 billion in stimulus money to implement high-speed rail between Petersburg and the District. Read story and 1 comment »
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The transportation crisis in Virginia has gotten so bad that highway officials have eliminated 1,400 projects, closed 18 rest stops and cut $2 billion in construction funds. Read story and 1 comment »
Proposal Would Also Divert N.Va. Tax Revenue
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Robert F. McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, proposed Tuesday handing over about 330 state-run liquor stores to private operators to pay for road improvements — a novel way to fund fixes but one that confronts many of the same obstacles that have stalled previous efforts. Read story and 2 comments »
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The first real evidence of the federal stimulus spending for many Northern Virginians will come in the form of orange traffic cones as the region receives an infusion of more than $260 million to pave roads, complete the Fairfax County Parkway and build a major interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway. Read story »
Fewer on Va. Road Since Tolls Went Up
Sunday, July 5, 2009
The Dulles Greenway is rapidly losing commuters but increasing its revenue because its remaining drivers are paying up to $1 more to use the 14-mile private toll road. Read story and 19 comments »
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Dr. Gridlock discusses the relationship between motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Read story and 2 comments »
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Maryland and the District both did a better job than Virginia in spending federal stimulus dollars earmarked for transportation, according to a report released yesterday by a smart-growth advocacy group. Read story »
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The cost of driving on the Dulles Toll Road is likely to double over the next three years to help fund Metrorail's $5 billion expansion in Northern Virginia, officials with the agency in charge of the road and the rail project announced yesterday. Read story and 10 comments »
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
For a state that has struggled for years to find road and transit money, Virginia would seem the least likely candidate to be the last one to ask for federal stimulus money for transportation. Read story and 1 comment »
Friday, June 12, 2009
Capt. Thom Shaw, a member of the Field Operations Division of the Loudoun County Sheriff's office, was online today to discuss the incident and to answer questions about safety and rules of the road when bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians meet. Read story and 1 comment »
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Virginia's top transportation official came to a stark black glass technology center near Dulles International Airport yesterday and offered an unusually grim, and at times alarming, rundown of a transportation system he said is crumbling, starved of funds and slated to get worse. Read story and 2 comments »
Candidates Wary of Voters' Strong Feelings
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
It is quite possibly the most vexing highway in all of Virginia: the only westbound interstate out of Washington and one of the only interstates that narrows as it approaches a major city — where traffic is heavy in both directions morning and night. Read story »
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Dulles Greenway wants more people to get in their cars Thursday for a charity drive that will give all toll proceeds from that day to several groups: the March of Dimes; the Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter; Fresh Air/Full Care, a summer camp program; Echo Works, a job program for the disabled; Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy; and the Greenway Scholarship Program, which awards college scholarships. Read story and 3 comments »
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