D.C. finds a way to make gridlock pay

By Liz Essley

Published October 26, 2011 4:00am ET

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D.C. finds a way to make gridlock pay — Washington is a town famous for gridlock, but city officials have found a way to make it pay. The District in the 2011 budget year issued 1,551 tickets for “failure to clear intersection” — or creating gridlock — to drivers whose cars were blocking cross streets after traffic lights turned red, according to the Department […]

Washington is a town famous for gridlock, but city officials have found a way to make it pay.

The District in the 2011 budget year issued 1,551 tickets for “failure to clear intersection” — or creating gridlock — to drivers whose cars were blocking cross streets after traffic lights turned red, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. That topped the 1,080 gridlock tickets issued the year before.

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