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DC-area lawmakers unite to oppose bill that would add more daily flights at Reagan National 05/25/2023 10:09am • A proposal to add 28 daily flights, including more long-distance flights at Ronald Reagan National Airport is drawing strong opposition from lawmakers from Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. "National is currently designed to accommodate 15 million passengers annually," according to a May 23 letter sen Best and worst travel times around the DC area this Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2023 05:21pm • Thousands of D.C.-area residents will be setting out to enjoy the blue sky and green wilderness this Memorial Day weekend, but first they just might be seeing red on the roads. Nationwide, an estimated 42.3 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day week From elevated highway to urban boulevard: Va. awaits federal decision to transform Route 1 in Crystal City 05/24/2023 01:30pm • With the just-opened Potomac Yard Metro Station and the planned pedestrian bridge to Ronald Reagan National Airport, there's a lot of work and planning to make the Route 1 corridor in Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, easier to navigate in the future — but that involves improving what's there to Route 1 speed limit drops from 45 to 35 in Fairfax County 05/23/2023 10:27am • The speed limit has been permanently reduced by 10 miles an hour in the crash-prone 7-mile stretch of Richmond Highway, also known as Route 1, between Mount Vernon, Virginia, and the Capital Beltway, south of the City of Alexandria. The Virginia Department of Transportation and Fairfax County mad District Heights church offers community a chance to 'Walk In My Shoes' 05/22/2023 09:25am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. The old saying, "Don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes," will soon come to light in one Prince George's County, Ma Memorial Day daytrips: DC-area hikes, outdoor activities worth your time 05/22/2023 05:50am • Wondering what to do with that extra day off this Memorial Day weekend? Well, the D.C. region is home to many outdoor attractions perfect for celebrating the holiday weekend. Erin Gifford, a freelance travel writer who has written three guidebooks for hiking in Virginia and the surrounding D.C. a Uncertain future of Maryland racing hangs over Preakness celebration 05/19/2023 02:49pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As the sun rose over the mile-long oval at Old Hilltop and the first rays of daylight shot across the infield, bouncing off the glass-fron Pedestrian dead following multivehicle crash on I-95 in Spotsylvania County 05/19/2023 08:47am • A multivehicle crash along Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County has left a pedestrian dead, according to Virginia State Police. Police say the crash happened in the northbound lanes on I-95 at the 124 mile-marker at around 3 a.m. The pedestrian, whose identity has not been revealed, died on si Is Canada behind the orange-like haze above the DC region? 05/18/2023 12:57pm • Noticing an orange-like smoky haze in the skies above D.C. area? Blame Canada. Western wildfires roughly 2,500 miles away in Alberta continue to seep smoke into the upper levels of the atmosphere, which then travel the jet stream east toward the D.C. region. While the smoke affects the appeara Man dead after ride-share vehicle strikes deer in Fairfax County 05/18/2023 09:34am • The driver of a ride-share vehicle is dead after colliding with a deer along the Dulles Airport Access Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday night. The deadly collision happened in the westbound lanes of the Dulles Airport Access Highway, a mile after Interstate 495 at around 8:30 p.m First 4 miles of I-66 'parallel trail' now open to cyclists, pedestrians 05/18/2023 07:42am • The first section of the 66 Parallel Trail is available for people to enjoy. Once complete, the new shared-use path will span 11 miles in Fairfax County, Virginia. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Vienna-Fairfax/GMU Metrorail Station on Wednesday, next to the new 18-mile trail which is p Plebes no more! Naval Academy students complete famed 'Herndon Climb' 05/17/2023 06:48pm • It started and ended with the shot of a cannon. After all the grease was wiped away, the class of 2026 at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, were plebes no more—now midshipmen and women. It was 21 feet to glory for the annual Herndon Climb, where first-year students are tasked with Speed limit to drop to 35 mph on stretch of Richmond Highway 05/16/2023 03:28pm • Drivers in Northern Virginia should start preparing to slow down on Richmond Highway, as the speed limit along a 7-mile stretch of the highway will be going down from 45 mph to 35 mph. The change officially takes effect on May 23, when crews will be changing the speed limit signs so that driv DC housing is expensive, but it ranks high for comparatively more affordable suburbs, too 05/16/2023 11:22am • The Washington, D.C. metro ranks in the top 10 among most expensive housing markets, but a new report also puts it in the top three among expensive cities with the highest share of comparatively affordable suburbs, behind Salt Lake City and New York. Residential and commercial real estate site Po Auxiliary lane to ease I-95 bottleneck at Occoquan now open 05/16/2023 07:58am • The new auxiliary lane on southbound I-95 from Route 123 to Prince William Parkway. (Courtesy InsideNoVa/VDOT) This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. About a mile a