Six Republican lawmakers banded together Monday to criticize plans by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's administration to build what opponents call an "outer Beltway" through rural Northern Virginia, saying the state's plan would create a "traffic nightmare" for drivers.
Politicians and about 20...
The future color of all D.C. cabs is set to be red with a gray stripe.
The D.C. taxicab commission is scheduled to make an announcement about their color choice Wednesday. An earlier panel recommended an all-red scheme, but the full commission has added a gray stripe to the design, NBC4...
Alexandria residents making a stink about a new highway ramp they say will bring pollution to their neighborhood got the ear of the state's top transportation official Friday.
The Concerned Citizens of Landmark made their case to Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean Connaughton, as well...
D.C. is planning to install traffic cameras early this summer to catch drivers who roll through stop signs and don't yield for pedestrians at crosswalks.
The cameras will dish out $50 tickets for stop sign violations and $75 tickets for cutting in front of pedestrians. D.C. police promised to...
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities inaugurated its new president, Ed Blews, in January. Blews came from theAssociation of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan, where he was president for 28 years. Blews is now making a home on Capitol Hill. He has a wife, four...
Officials in charge of constructing the $6 billion Silver Line tentatively selected a local firm to build the second half of the line from Reston to Loudoun County.
Capital Rail Constructors -- a team composed of Bethesda-based Clark Construction Group and Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. --...
Patriotic partiers wanting to take Metro into the city to see the Fourth of July fireworks this year will be able to show off their national pride with their SmarTrip cards.
Metro will sell commemorative SmarTrip cards for Independence Day at a price of $14 for a one-day pass. Metro announced...
Despite D.C. raking in record dollars from its ever-growing traffic camera network, most residents support the speed and red-light cameras, a new study shows.
Eighty-seven percent of 801 people surveyed supported the city's use of red-light cameras, and 76 percent supported speed cameras, a...
A MetroAccess driver was arrested Friday by Metro Transit Police on charges that he sexually assaulted a disabled woman he was supposed to drive home.
Ezra Porter, 50, of Upper Marlboro, was driving the woman to her house on an April 19 trip that had been scheduled in advance with the transit...
Washington may be facing federal budget woes, but those who have jobs are finding commutes to work are getting easier, thanks to less congestion.
A new report from traffic-data distributor Inrix shows Washington-area residents wasted less time in traffic in 2012 compared with 2011 -- making...