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  • Prep cars and pay attention in work zones, experts say

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

    Drivers planning their routes through summer construction traffic also should prepare their cars for heat and pay attention to the road, travel experts say. "Take a five-minute walk around your car," said Maryland State Highway Administration spokesman Charlie Gischlar, explaining that summer...

  • Drivers hit summer slowdown as construction crews go to work

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

    Drivers, get ready for summer stop-and-go. That's the message from Washington-area transportation agencies as they roll out their construction crews for the intense road work possible only in the summer, when temperatures are high enough and rain rare enough to let them to put down lots of...

  • WMATA worker charged with stealing agency defibrillators

    Kytja Weir

    Published: Fri, May 24, 2013

    A Metro maintenance worker has been arrested and charged with stealing defibrillators from rail stations, the transit agency said Friday afternoon. Derrick Davis, 40, of Laurel was arrested Wednesday in an undercover sting after allegedly posting an ad on eBay to sell an automatic external...

  • Pedestrian killed by Metrobus in Olney

    Kytja Weir

    Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

    A 50-year-old Montgomery County pedestrian died after he was hit by a Metrobus late Wednesday in Olney, according to Montgomery County police. Ronald Maurice Johnson of Brookeville was hit as a Metrobus pulled away from the curb at Georgia Avenue near Olney-Sandy Spring Road around 11:08 p.m....

  • Capsules or leggy dots? Metro seeking more input on new rail map

    Kytja Weir

    Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

    Should Metro stops look like a capsule or a leggy dot? Metro has made additional minor changes to its latest map design and is asking for help choosing between two finalists, specifically on how to represent stations on the wayfinding maps. The transit agency is redoing the iconic map of the...

  • Surveys: Many Bikeshare riders wouldn't have driven

    Kytja Weir

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Capital Bikeshare is saving cash and time for its riders, making them healthier while also taking cars off the roads and spurring economic development, according to two new surveys of riders. But the service appears to be having an unintended result of shifting some riders away from walking or...

  • Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds

    Liz Essley

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package -- including widening traffic-clogged Route 28 and Route 1. The Northern Virginia...

  • Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen

    Kytja Weir

    Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...

  • D.C. Council votes to end municipal bond tax, spend Internet sales tax

    Alan Blinder and Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    The D.C. Council, setting aside its members' annual frustrations about a public budget fashioned in private, voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a $10 billion plan that would increase Circulator bus fares, end the city's tax on certain bonds and earmark a potential spigot of Internet sales...

  • False alarm announcement evacuates McPherson Metro

    Kytja Weir

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Metro riders had a surprising scare Wednesday morning when the public address system told riders to evacuate the station. Turns out there was no emergency, said Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye. The announcement ran by mistake just after 10 a.m. at the station that serves the Orange and Blue...