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Using the roads we have, the future reality of commuting
Adam Tuss, WTOP's Sprawl and Crawl reporter
Nowhere to go: Making better use of the roads we have
Many of the D.C. area's roads are at maximum. There's nowhere to go so we have to make better use of what we have.
Construction of major HOV ramp to Mark Center possible in spring
The ramp near the Mark Center in Alexandria would have "no significant" environmental impact on the area around Interstate 395.
Would 'carrots' change your driving behavior?
Stanford University is using an incentive program to get employees to change their driving behaviors.
Metro's random bag searches net no arrests
Since Metro started searching bags in December 2010, nobody has been arrested, a request for public records finds.
Automakers look to incorporate your phone into dashboard
Some automakers, including General Motors, are now focused on taking what's on your phone and putting it on a screen on the dashboard.
Metro urging travelers to use plastic farecards
Metro is encouraging customers to switch from using paper farecards to plastic ones.
Metro crime teams are catching crooks in the act
Crime is trending the wrong way on Metro trains and buses, but Metro may actually want it that way.
U Street to become construction zone for year
Washington's popular U Street corridor is becoming a construction zone for the next year.
Amtrak restores service between D.C. and Philadlephia
Amtrak trains between Washington and Philadelphia are delayed because a cable broke on Bush Bridge in Maryland.
Safety improvements coming to Potomac trails
There are places around here where runners, bikers and walkers mix dangerously close to fast moving cars.
D.C. collects record $55.1 million from camera enforcement
The District collected a record $55.1 million from speed and red-light cameras during its 2011 fiscal year, despite issuing fewer citations than the year before.
More headaches this weekend for Metro riders
Metro says it is in the midst of the biggest rebuilding effort in its history. General Manager Richard Sarles says this effort is going to be here for a long time.
MWAA chief: Dulles can't be end of the line for Metro
"We do not like the thought of our station being the last station on the line," MWAA Chief Jack Potter told his board of directors during a meeting Wednesday. "We do not have the ability, long term, to accommodate commuters on this airport property."
Md. planting 120,000 trees to filter highway runoff
Maryland highway officials are planting thousands of trees statewide to help filter stormwater that runs off roads and pollutes waterways.
Is Dulles Rail finally moving forward?
Adam Tuss, WTOP Sprawl and Crawl reporter
Concession made in Dulles Rail project
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Wednesday dropped a controversial pro-union preference for the second phase of the Dulles Rail Project.
Drivers warned to avoid Harbor Tunnel this summer
Maryland state transportation officials are warning drivers to avoid the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel this summer as a $3.9 million construction project gets under way.
Ticketing the owner, not the driver in D.C.
The person wasn't driving the car, but had to pay the traffic ticket anyway.
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