News Stories Tagged "traffic"

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Virginia Delays I-395/95 HOT Lane Project

Concerns Over Funds, Local Traffic Cited

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 »

Road Changes on Route 7 in Tysons Corner

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Permanent changes to traffic patterns have been made on Route 7 in Tysons Corner to allow for construction of a Tysons Central Metrorail station as part of the Dulles corridor rail project. Read story and 2 comments »

Officials Vow to Monitor Rate Structure

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Officials from Fairfax and Loudoun counties signaled Wednesday night that they would push the regional airports authority to justify its proposed toll increases on the Dulles Toll Road while they and authority leaders lobby Congress for additional federal funds for a planned Metrorail extension. Read story and 3 comments »

County Road Plan Hitting Some Bumps

Some Supervisors Say It's Taking Too Long

Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and its Planning Commission are feuding over changes in the county’s transportation plan, an exhaustive blueprint for building and maintaining roads and highways over the next two decades, according to county officials and e-mail correspondence. Read story and 1 comment »

9 Injured in Crash on Belmont Ridge Road

Monday, July 20, 2009

At least nine people were injured Monday when the driver of a moving truck apparently ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Belmont Ridge Road and Creighton Road in Ashburn, Loudoun authorities said. Read story and 40 comments »

Greenway Revenue, Traffic At Odds

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 »

Delays on Greenway and Rt. 606

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Virginia State Police are at the scenes of two different crashes today. Read story »

Sharing Rides With a Stranger for Fun and Games

Carpool Agency Expands Its Work Beyond Commuting

Thursday, July 2, 2009

After 25 years of helping commuters find others going their way and creating carpools to ease the area’s clogged roads Monday through Friday, a ride-sharing agency is helping do the same for those heading to ballgames, fireworks, parades and concerts on weekends and evenings. Read story »

DR. GRIDLOCK Cyclists, Drivers and Predestrians: Can't We All Just Get Along?

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dr. Gridlock discusses the relationship between motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Read story and 2 comments »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, June 28, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story and 2 comments »

Ticket Revenue Is Up 39%

Growth in Traffic Aids County Budget

Saturday, June 27, 2009

With traffic congestion clogging Loudoun County's major arteries, and large planned communities still cropping up, the sheriff's office has reported a 39 percent increase in revenue from traffic fines and forfeitures over a two-year period. Read story and 26 comments »

Fees Likely To Double on Dulles Toll Road by 2012

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 »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, June 14, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Transcript of Chat with Loudoun Sheriff's Officer on Rules of the Road

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 »

Priorities Shift From Easing Commutes to Keeping Roads From Crumbling

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 »

Loudoun News Briefs

Thursday, June 4, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Stepping Gingerly Through Bottleneck

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 »

Flood Watch Is in Effect Through Wednesday Morning

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch in Loudoun County through Wednesday morning. Read story and 4 comments »

Dulles Greenway to Host Charity Drive

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 »

Traffic Congestion Dips As Economy Plunges

Survey Finds Rush-Hour Highways Less Packed in 2008

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

It might not seem like it when you're inching through crushing bottlenecks during your daily commute, but traffic congestion in the Washington region appears to have loosened up. Read story »

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