Friday, May 10, 2013
Work will impact riders on the Red, Orange, Blue and Yellow lines starting at 10 p.m. Friday and continuing through system closing Sunday night.
Metro will perform system rebuilding work all but one line in the system for the weekend of May 10-12. This weekend's rebuilding work will result in service changes on the Red, Orange, Blue and Yellow lines. Green Line trains will operate normally between Greenbelt and Branch Avenue. Metrorail will open at 5 a.m. Sunday, two hours early, to accommodate the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. According to Metro, race participants traveling to the start line should use the following stations: • Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange lines) • Federal Triangle (Blue/Orange lines) • Smithsonian (Blue/Orange lines) MAP: Click on your nearest station on the map to see when the next train arrives and to learn about any alerts. Weekend track work …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Fairfax City residents have slightly below the region's average commute time of 34.5 minutes.
If you're sitting in traffic on Main Street this morning, you should know you at least have it better than some other drivers in the region. While commuters as a whole in the Washington metropolitan area have the second-longest commutes in the nation, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the average for Fairfax City's zip codes is slightly below the average for the DC area as a whole. The average travel time to work in DC was 34.5 minutes in 2011, according to numbers released by the bureau Tuesday. In Vienna, most drivers spend about 31.4 minutes commuting to work, give or take 1.7 minutes, according to data from Slate.com The longest commute time was found in the New York City metro area, with average commutes of 34.9 …
Friday, June 1, 2012
Motorists: Give your opinion to the agency by June 12.
A proposal under consideration by the Virginia Department of Transportation would assess a monthly fee for E-ZPass users of about $1 per transponder. E-ZPass is the system that allows drivers to pass through toll plazas more quickly by carrying transponders that automatically charge tolls to a registered account. VDOT proposed the fee to help defray administrative and operations costs within the state for the service. Most of the E-ZPass toll facilities are not operated by VDOT. The program has grown significantly over the years and will be part of new toll services opening during the next few years. The proposed monthly fee would cover costs for: The fee—which would be reevaluated on a regular basis—would also help control costs and …
Friday, March 2, 2012
As gasoline approaches $4 per gallon, some commuters may consider alternative ways to get to work.
Living in the vicinity of a major city has a lot of perks, but a bumper-to-bumper commute isn't one of them. According to data released by the U.S. Census, it takes Fairfax County residents an average 31.3 minutes to get to work. In Arlington County, it's not much better — 26.5 minutes. Montgomery County residents have some of the longest commutes in the metro region, clocking in at 33.2 minutes. If you think moving into the city might help, think again. It takes D.C. dwellers an average of 29.3 minutes to reach the office. And for many people, this commuting time adds up to gallons and gallons of gas at the pump each week. That's why watching gas prices approach $4 per gallon is so painful. The Associated Press reported on Thursday that …
VABUCKI
12:40 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012
Eff - How is that a republican strategy? I have had 2 transponders from Maryland for almost 10 years, They started a fee structure about 3 yrs ago. I believe MD is a Democrat state !!! Bet other states up and down I95 have a fee as well.. As far as how I feel about it. I think it stinks. I believe its more of a way to solve financial balance sheets without looking inward towards the VDOT itself … more ›