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ARLINGTON, Va. — It has been about two months since the extended Fairfax Drive on-ramp to Interstate 66 westbound was opened. As somebody who drives from Ballston to Tysons Corner most mornings, this new ramp has improved my commute. My anecdotal evidence suggests that Ballston is less congested due to the extended ramp. I cannot [...]

Garden State Parkway traffic light removal project in Cape May delayed until next year – AP/NJ.com
When was a kid, I remember being very surprised that there were traffic lights on the Garden State Parkway, a toll super-highway, in Cape May County. They are still there, but their time is finally coming to a close. Those [...]

There is a survey for station names along the Silver Line survey in Fairfax County that is worth filling out. Coming up with the Tysons station names isn’t really easy.
Meanwhile, disagreements over the type of labor (union vs. non-union) are the latest snag in the efforts to build the second half of the Silver Line [...]

Since news broke that 3 Northern Virginia county parkways were getting new state route numbers, Google has already updated their maps for two of them. First, the Prince William Parkway and its new route 294 was updated. As of this morning, the Franconia-Springfield Parkway is now shown with primary Virginia state route 289.
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The news that several Northern Virginia county parkways would get new state route numbers only broke in the last few days and already Google Maps has the new Prince William Parkway route number, 294, posted. The original number, 3000, is still shown as well.
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That was fast! Maybe too fast since the numbers won’t [...]

3 commuter routes to be renamed – WTOP
Three Northern Virginia county parkways that were built as secondary highways will be “promoted” to primary state highways.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved the transfer to VDOT Thursday.
The move converts the three thoroughfares into primary roads, meaning they may be eligible for new funding and maintenance priorities. The routes [...]

Two I-95 travel plazas to be rebuilt in revenue-sharing plan | Gallery – The Sun
Chesapeake and Maryland House centers will undergo $56 million redesign; profits will be shared with state
The two-year, $56 million project to rebuild Maryland House and Chesapeake House as a public-private partnership with Areas USA was approved Monday by the Maryland Transportation [...]

Streetcars to return soon to the District | Gallery – The Post
The last street car in Washington, D.C. stop running 50 years ago this past Saturday. That system had been in decline following World War II. Street cars served the nation’s capital for a century. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s On the Move [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — My 3½ year old and I visited the 2011 U.S Botanic Garden Season’s Greeting Holiday Exhibit the day before it closed. I had hoped to get their earlier, but the schedule did not work out that way and I did not get to blog about it before it closed. Nevertheless, I took [...]

January 14, 1982 edition of The Post from the Millennium Milestones section on washingtonpost.com

I can only vaguely remember the Air Florida 90 crash into the 14th Street Bridge thirty years ago today (The Post). Mostly, I remember looking when we’d go over the bridge I’d ask where the plane crashed. A derailment of a Metro [...]