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Bus fare discounts: Get to work for half the price
The bus fare discounts for commuters along Interstate 66 are meant to draw drivers off the road starting Monday for the next four years, as construction begins on two HOV lanes or toll lanes between the Beltway and U.S. 29 in Gainesville.
2 weeks ago -
More of I-66 ‘red X’ lanes to disappear
Work will remove the “red X” lane from eastbound Interstate 66 between U.S. 50 and Va. 123.
3 weeks ago -
Fixing Virginia potholes, pavement, bridges would cost $13.1B
To fix pothole pocked roads and crumbling bridges across Virginia would cost about $13.1 billion, and that’s just the VDOT estimate to get the roads up to “fair” condition.
1 month ago -
Sidewalks, bike trails approved to help Northern Va. commuters ditch cars
Eleven construction projects planned for Northern Virginia have been chosen to receive federal funds to help create seamless links for cyclists and walkers between neighborhoods and jobs.
1 month ago -
Virginia transportation agency faces corruption claims
According to court documents, a former superintendent and his deputy awarded millions of dollars in snow removal contracts to contractors from whom they each collected between $200,000 and $300,000 in bribes.
2 months ago -
Scheme involving snowplow contracts ends in guilty pleas
Two Virginia Department of Transportation officials took nearly a half-million dollars in cash bribes in exchange for rewarding valuable winter contracts.
6 months ago -
Exclusive: Va. reaches financial close on I-66 toll project
The financial funding agreements, which had been delayed several months, will allow a groundbreaking on the toll lanes to happen before the end of the year.
6 months ago -
Steps being taken to avoid next ‘Commutergeddon’
“Commutergeddon” will never be forgotten by many people who spent hours trying to get home in icy conditions in January 2016. Weather and traffic officials are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
7 months ago -
I-66 toll lanes, I-270 tweaks move forward
Projects on Interstate 66 and Interstate 270, two of the region’s busiest traffic arteries, have cleared federally required tests, which means work on the projects can proceed.
8 months ago -
Virginia transportation leaders drop I-66 air rights plans
Virginia transportation leaders laid to rest prospects of selling air rights to developers for projects built above Interstate 66 by saying it just won’t happen.
10 months ago -
Autonomous car tests coming to Express Lanes in Va.
Cutting-edge connected and autonomous cars are set to run through the 95 and 495 Express Lanes for the next three years, including while regular toll-paying drivers and carpoolers are in the lanes.
10 months ago -
Call for more mowing on medians along Fairfax Co. roads
“Grass can grow sometimes as high as 3, 4, maybe even 5 feet, and it causes some real problems at a number of our intersections as far as blocking your view for left-hand turns,” Fairfax County Supervisor John Cook told WTOP.
11 months ago -
Public hearing on potential Va. transportation projects set in Fairfax
Toll lane plans, road expansions, bike lanes and commuter rail improvements are among the options that will be up for discussion.
1 year ago -
Parts of 200 homes, businesses in path of Route 1 ‘superstreet’
More than 200 businesses and residences are in the path of the planned widening of Route 1 in Fairfax County, which includes a bus-only rapid transit line. A public meeting Tuesday will be the first time property owners can see a list of the homes and businesses that would be affected by the project.
1 year ago -
Mild Va. winter frees up money for pothole repairs and more
Potholes pester Northern Virginia drivers each spring, but this year there is a little more money available for road maintenance in the region thanks to a mild winter.
1 year ago
