Liz Essley
Staff Writer - Transportation
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3-Minute Interview: Teenage magician Drew Kennerley
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Burke resident Kennerley is an 18-year-old magician with his own business. He attends Robinson Secondary School and puts on magic shows for kids on the weekends. How did you get into magic? I've been performing magic since I was about 8 years old, so for a decade now. And I first got into...
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VRE issues 130 tickets for fare evasion in February
Liz Essley
Published: Tue, Apr 2, 2013
The number of fare-evaders caught on the Virginia Railway Express spiked in February even as the train service hopes to get the state to approve tougher penalties on repeat offenders. VRE issued 130 citations in February to those who didn't have a proper ticket -- one of the highest amounts...
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Fairfax County officials examine selling air rights to pay for Silver Line
Liz Essley
Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013
Fairfax County officials are considering a potential solution for reducing tolls on the Dulles Toll Road: selling the right to build apartments, offices or retail on top of future Silver Line stations. Tolls on the Toll Road are set to climb in the coming years as officials use the revenue to...
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Metro to triple its number of surveillance cameras
Liz Essley
Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013
Metro is spending millions of dollars to triple the number of video cameras it has monitoring its stations and parking garages, and to put cameras in rail cars for the first time. The agency plans to increase the number of cameras it uses to watch for crime and security threats from 1,900 to...
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Credo: Bill Riedel
Liz Essley
Published: Sat, Mar 30, 2013
Chicago native Bill Riedel, his wife and three kids moved to D.C. in September 2010 to start a church. The evangelical congregation, Redemption Hill Church, now worships on Capitol Hill. It meets to celebrate Easter Sunday at 5 p.m. at 400 D St. SE. Why does Easter matter to Christians?...
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New website, design for MARC train tickets
Liz Essley
Published: Fri, Mar 29, 2013
MARC riders will see new tickets and a new website to buy them on by Monday. The new website, mta.commuterdirect.com, will allow riders to pay for MARC and commuter bus tickets with two different credit cards and can automatically renew payments. It also will accept SmartBenefits and...
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Metro General Manager Richard Sarles gets contract extended
Liz Essley
Published: Thu, Mar 28, 2013
Metro's top official will be staying two more years. The transit agency's board announced Thursday that its general manager and CEO, Richard Sarles, agreed to extend his contract to January 2016. "I think there's a great team of employees here, from the people out to the field to the...
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Virginia weighs express lane or rail solutions for Interstate 66
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Mar 27, 2013
Northern Virginia leaders are divided over whether to install express lanes or Metrorail along Interstate 66 outside the Capital Beltway as the state studies solutions for the highway's notorious stop-and-go traffic. Express lanes have the full support of Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity...
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