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Drivers slow to use 495 Express Lanes

More people are using the 495 Express Lanes in Virginia but the increase in traffic in the lanes' first six months has been slow.

Tags: 495 Express lanes, hot lanes, transportation, Transurban, hank silverberg

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Fairfax County Parkway: Would HOV or HOT relieve congestion?

With the Fairfax County Parkway carrying nearly as much traffic as an interstate highway, one county supervisor thinks the state should study the possibility of widening the parkway to add High Occupancy Vehicle lanes or High Occupancy Toll lanes.

Tags: Fairfax County Parkway, road improvements, hot lanes, traffic congestion, hank silverberg

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The benefits of ride sharing: Time, money and the end of commuting headaches

Local transportation leaders want area residents to know that ending the solo drive to work in favor of ride sharing could save them time and money.

Tags: ridesharing, slug lines, express lanes,

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Financing approval anticipated for I-95/395 express lanes

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board is expected to approve a $1 billion financing plan for I-95/395 express lanes that would run from Garrisonville Road in Stafford County to about Edsall Road in Fairfax County.

Tags: express lanes, I-95/395, Adam Tuss, hot lanes, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board

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Carpool lanes to expand in parts of Virginia

There may never be a better time to put a carpool group together than right now.

Tags: VDOT, Steve Titunik, express lanes, hot lanes, beltway, Adam Tuss, sprawl & crawl

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Beltway HOT lanes getting a name change

WTOP has learned the new HOT lanes on the Capital Beltway will be formally designated as "Express Lanes" on highway signs, with an E-Z Pass logo positioned alongside.

Tags: hot lanes, Capital Beltway

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