Did you know that the average driver spends up to a week’s worth of vacation time a year sitting in traffic? Not to mention about $9,000 a year on driving expenses (fuel, parking, maintenance) according to a recent report from the American Public Transportation Association.
Working with counties and transit operators across the Commonwealth, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) has declared September …
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Join the Bethesda Transportation Management Committee…
If you’re reading this, you’re obviously interested in the environment; if you happen to live in Bethesda or Chevy Chase (or know someone who does), here’s a chance to get movin’ and help green your neighborhood’s streets.
The Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board recently announced two vacant volunteer slots on the Bethesda Transportation Management District (TMD) …
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Celebrate Car Free Day on Sept. 22
On Tuesday, September 22, leave your cars – and cares – behind as you celebrate the DC metro area’s second annual Car Free Day. As you walk, run, bike or blade (or ride Metro, of course) and see Washington from a different perspective, you’ll also see how your …
How Just One Letter Can Create Chaos
Arlington Lawsuit Demands Full Analysis of I-95/395 Project
When I read that Arlington County had filed suit earlier this week against the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Commonwealth of Virginia over the proposed High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes project for I-95/395, my first thought was “yes!” Here was tiny local government – Arlington is …
Food for Thought: How Big (Bully) Business Rules the Roost(er)
According to the website for the film Food, Inc., “…filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has …
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