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Weekend Wakeup: Rock 'n' Roll, St. Patrick's Day events bring road closures

Travel by train, bus and car will be difficult in Washington this weekend as the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half Marathon will block a number of streets throughout the city on Saturday.

Tags: traffic, Metrorail, bridge work, parade

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Metro to Centreville and Potomac Mills? Federal study requested

Two Virginia congressmen have introduced legislation to study extending Metrorail to Centreville, Woodbridge and Potomac Mills.

Tags: Metrorail, Gerry Connolly, Jim Moran, Silver Line, Centreville, Va., Woodbridge, Va., hank silverberg

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Weekend Wakeup: Spring brings travelers, time change

It's time to spring ahead! Sunday morning's time change means you'll lose an hour of sleep an hour of Metro service. Plus expect more cars on the area's highways as spring traffic ramps up. That and more in your Weekend Wakeup.

Tags: traffic, Metrorail, bridge work, Silver Line, daylight saving time, st. patricks day

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Senate vote passes $880 million highway reform

The Virginia Senate passed a transportation reform funding bill that would increase taxes in the region. But the new funding would provide enough money to extend Metrorail to Dulles among other transportation projects in Northern Virginia.

Tags: Virginia General Assembly, transportation funding reform bill, transportation funding, Metrorail

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Metro's $2.5B budget includes no fare increases

Metro is proposing a $2.5 billion budget that avoids fare hikes for the coming fiscal year.

Tags: Metro, fare increase, Metrorail, wmata

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Weekend Wake-up: Metro construction continues over holiday weekend

This weekend provides a great opportunity for Washingtonians and tourists to visit the memorials downtown, many of which will host wreath-laying ceremonies honoring our veterans.

Tags: express lanes, Metrorail, beltway, American Heart Association

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Dulles Metrorail project work continues

Dulles Metrorail project work will cause area ramps on and off the inner loop of the Beltway and lanes on Dulles area roads to close at night this week.

Tags: dulles, Metrorail, traffic blog, Amy Freedman

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Audit faults contracting, expenses on MWAA board

A federal audit of the board that oversees Dulles and Reagan airports is questioning the board's policies for awarding contracts and reimbursing travel expenses.

Tags: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Metrorail, dulles airport, Frank Wolf

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