Tag: Metro and Traffic

Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Potomac Yard Metro station delayed again

Kytja Weir · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Virginia to take step toward express lanes for Interstate 66

Liz Essley · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Metro trains will run on a Sunday schedule on Memorial Day, May 27. Some stations on the Red and Orange lines will be closed for the entire three-day weekend. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Getting around town on Memorial Day weekend

Kytja Weir · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

A Metro train arriving at McPherson Square station last year.

WMATA fires two workers for stealing

Kytja Weir · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

A new Maryland law means drivers who are emailing, texting or talking without a hands-free device can be pulled over and issued a $100 ticket just for using their phones. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Maryland to start ticketing for cellphone use while driving

Andy Brownfield · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

A Virginia judge's ruling threatens to jeopardize the way Virginia uses private companies to run the Beltway Express Lanes and build similar lanes on Interstate 95.

Judge’s ruling puts Virginia road projects in jeopardy

Liz Essley · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

Arlington County is working to build a new $5 million elevator to take riders from the street to the underground station at the Pentagon City Metro station, as well as refurbish a pedestrian tunnel built decades ago but never used. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Two new Metro entrances coming to Pentagon City

Liz Essley · May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Montgomery County residents are raising concerns about traffic changes caused by the county's proposed bus rapid transit system after planners revealed a scaled-back system that would center around Route 355 from Clarksburg to Bethesda. (Photo: Examiner file)

Montgomery County residents voice concerns about rapid bus network

Kate Jacobson · May 19, 2013 4:00 am

MARC to add weekend service between Baltimore, Washington

Liz Essley · May 18, 2013 4:00 am

UPDATED: Interstate 95 southbound lanes reopened in Virginia’s Stafford County

UPDATED: Interstate 95 southbound lanes reopened in Virginia’s Stafford County

Naomi Jagoda · May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in transportation projects as he signed into law a new gas tax to fund them. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Gov. Martin O’Malley announces $1.2 billion in transportation projects

Andy Brownfield · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Commuters going home on the Virginia Railway Express or MARC trains Wednesday evening will face delays as the trains go slower to avoid running into heat kinks in the tracks. (Photo: Examiner file)

VRE, MARC impose heat restrictions

Liz Essley · May 15, 2013 4:00 am