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D.C. officials holding meeting on Circulator bus

Transportation officials in Washington are hosting a meeting about the city's red Circulator buses, which take passengers around popular routes in DC for $1.

Tags: buses, dc circulator

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Arlington begins painting bike lanes green

Arlington County is painting some bike lanes green to improve visibility and to remind motorists to look for bicycles.

Tags: bicycle lanes, Arlington County

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Answer Desk: Why did the signs change on 3 NoVa roads?

There are new signs going up on three major roads in Northern Virginia that mean more than just new road numbers.

Tags: VDOT, Jennifer McCord, Pat Herrity, Fairfax County Parkway, Franconia-Springfield Parkway, Prince William Parkway

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Two local airports named in list of worst for delays

Two D.C. area airports are ranked among the worst airports in the country because long, or frequent flight delays.

Tags: Dulles International Airport, bwi, airports,

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Volunteer drivers to test next-gen smart cars

Michigan drivers will test 3,000 smart cars, buses and trucks that can talk to one another as part of a yearlong study to gauge whether the technology reduces injuries and fatalities.

Tags: University of Michigan, Ray LaHood, Smart Car, wifi, technology, Department of Transportation

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D.C. ranks in top 10 for transit coverage

About a third of workers in the D.C. region can get to a job in 90 minutes or less when they use public transportation. This puts the area at 23rd in the nation for "labor access," when compared to places like Boston or Seattle.

Tags: brookings,

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Traffic congestion expected to worsen

Traffic congestion in Fairfax County is costing the average family hundreds of dollars a year, and it's only going to get worse.

Tags: traffic, leo schefer, hank silverberg, Washington Airports Task Force

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Battle brewing over control of Va. transit funding

There's another power struggle in Virginia over how tax dollars are being spent on mass transit.

Tags: Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Bob McDonnell, Sean Connaughton, Sharon Bulova, hank silverberg, Commonwealth Transportation Board

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Should more roads be like highways?

If the region has outgrown its roads, and there really is no room for expansion -- as Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton says, then what's the solution?

Tags: Adam Tuss, sprawl & crawl, U.S. 50, Jim Battagliese

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D.C. officials to brief residents on streetcar plans

District of Columbia transportation officials will be providing residents with an update on the new streetcar that's expected to begin operating next summer.

Tags: streetcars, H Street

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