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Gas prices spiked at record pace in early 2013

The price of gas shot up at a record pace during the first two months of the year, but drivers haven't heard clear reasons why or when the spike may end.

Tags: gas prices, AAA Mid-Atlantic,

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Advocates: More Md. road funding needed to keep residents, jobs

A call for increased fees in Maryland is more than just an effort to relieve gridlock, advocates say.

Tags: andrew mollenbeck, gas tax, transportation, Gus Bauman, Roger Berliner, AAA Mid-Atlantic

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Thanksgiving road trip could cost more than last year

Prices in the D.C. metro region and around the country are about the same as last Thanksgiving, but much higher in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy.

Tags: gas prices, Sandy, AAA Mid-Atlantic,

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New Md. traffic safety laws coming Oct. 1

One new Maryland law requires drivers to stop at dark intersections. The other changes the requirements involving child safety seats.

Tags: AAA Mid-Atlantic, traffic safety, Dick Uliano, derecho, Maryland General Assembly

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Region's air quality improves, despite hot summer

Even though there were eight days with temperatures over 100 degrees and 52 days over 90 degrees in 2012 -- making it the third hottest summer on record -- the region only had three Code Red days and 16 Code Orange days.

Tags: Code Red, Code Orange, AAA Mid-Atlantic, hank silverberg, metropolitan council of governments, air quality

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No more local speed traps on Va. interstates.

Buried in the $85 billion budget package approved by the General Assembly late Wednesday is a provision that bans local towns from setting up interstate speed traps just to collect revenue.

Tags: Hopewell, Interstate 295, speed traps,

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Lagging behind Va., Md. makes 'Top 40' transportation wishlist

"All you have to do is look across the river at Virginia, they're busy with a multi-billion dollar program of Beltway expansion, then you cross into Maryland -- nothing," says Lon Anderson, oresident of AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Tags: Maryland Department of Transportation, AAA Mid-Atlantic

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