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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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Metro to host open houses to discuss Silver Line

Tags: Metro, Silver Line, Wiehle Avenue, Reston, Largo Town Center

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Riders upset Fairfax Connector may end Pentagon express service

To accommodate service on the Metro's future Silver Line, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation may eliminate bus service to the Pentagon and Crystal City, a proposal that could affect thousands of federal workers.

Tags: Metro, Fairfax Connector, ari ashe, Silver Line, Reston, pentagon, wmata

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Reston citizens worried the Silver Line will bring gridlock

Some Reston residents are worried that the opening the first phase of Metro's Silver Line will make traffic worse near one of the stations scheduled to open at the end of the year.

Tags: Metro, Silver Line, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, Reston Citizens Association, Reston, ari ashe

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Traffic flow on I-66 at failing levels during rush hour

A new study finds the amount of time that I-66 is jammed could double to ten hours a day in each direction within 30 years.

Tags: I-66, Silver Line, Environmental Impact Statement, Max Smith

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Fairfax officials fear Silver Line funding in jeopardy

As Virginia lawmakers continue to debate how to pay for transportation projects in the state, Fairfax County officials fear the loss of $300 million that is slated to help pay for constructing the Silver Line to Dulles.

Tags: Virginia General Assembly, transportation funding, transportation funding reform bill, Silver Line, Sharon Bulova, Jeff McKay

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Fairfax Connector to add routes from Reston to Silver Line

The Fairfax Connector plans to open 15 new bus routes in 2013 to coincide with the opening of the Metro's Silver Line into Reston.

Tags: ari ashe, Silver Line, sprawl & crawl, sprawl and crawl, Dulles Rail, Reston, Fairfax Connector

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Metro plans to add 327 jobs, many for Silver Line

Metro is proposing to add more than 300 new jobs in the next budget year.

Tags: Silver Line, Metro, Dulles International Airport, The Washington Examiner

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2013: A critical year for the Purple Line

The Purple Line, a proposed light-rail line to connect New Carrollton and Bethesda in Maryland, has long been promoted as a way to ease congestion on the Capital Beltway and offer another commuting option between Montgomery and Prince George's counties.

Tags: Purple Line, ari ashe, rushern baker, Federal Transit Administration, Metro, Silver Line, AAA Mid-Atlantic, John B. Townsend, Martin O

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Land around Dulles eyed for revenue growth

Tags: dulles, Dulles International Airport, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Metro, Silver Line

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