Category: Transportation

remove signage from traitor Jefferson Davis Highway - Photo by Beth Richardson, used with permission.

Alexandria

Participation trophy removed: US 1 is now Richmond Highway in Alexandria

WFY | February 25, 2019

The city of Alexandria, Va. removed Jefferson Davis from the name of US 1. It is the right thing to do.

History

Philadelphia: Amtrak’s last split-flap Solari board has weeks to live

WFY | December 6, 2018

The last split-flap display in the Amtrak system will be removed from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station. It doesn't have to be this way.

History

The “original” I-695 briefly returns to D.C.

WFY | August 23, 2018

Washington, D.C. transportation department briefly unveiled an I-695 sign, a road not constructed, that had been covered up for nearly half-a-century.

WMATA will not be selling Washington Nationals SmarTrip cards to Metro patrons in 2018

BeltwayLand

Metro: No new Nats SmarTrip cards for 2018

WFY | March 26, 2018

No new Washington Nationals branded Metro SmarTrip cards for DC's Metro in 2018