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Byline: Luz Lazo Northern Virginia added 22.5 miles of express lanes in 2022, ending the year with a network of more than 80 miles of dynamic tolling that in the [...]

Byline: Ian Duncan The sliver of 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic hit found Virginia Transportation Secretary Shannon Valentine feeling optimistic about the future. The General Assembly passed legislation backed by [...]

Byline: Luz Lazo Virginia finalized agreements Tuesday with CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express as part of the state's $3.7 billion passenger rail expansion program that seeks to relieve a [...]

Byline: Laura Vozzella RICHMOND - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's effort to ban motorists from using hand-held cell phone seems to be heading for a roadblock, as House Speaker M. Kirk [...]

Byline: Patricia Sullivan Arlington County, which has been stymied in its long-running effort to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway, can ask the Commonwealth Transportation Board to do so [...]

Byline: Dave LaRock Dave LaRock, a Republican, represents parts of Loudoun, Clarke and Frederick counties in the Virginia House of Delegates. On Wednesday, the Virginia General Assembly returns to Richmond [...]

Byline: ;Richard Diamond Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has until midnight on March 26 to decide whether speed cameras should be unleashed on Old Dominion highways. A bill that would [...]

Byline: Luz LazoVirginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that the state has signed an agreement with Transurban to extend the 495 Express Lanes to the American Legion Bridge, a project [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney The Virginia General Assembly agreed Saturday to give Metro $154 million a year in permanent, new funding, on the condition that Maryland and the District of Columbia [...]

Byline: Luz Lazo Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a deal Wednesday that will add 10 more miles of Express Lanes to the Interstate 95 corridor, expanding the system of [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney;Martine Powers A proposal to replace the Metro board with a smaller panel drew bipartisan support from Virginia officials and regional business leaders Tuesday, but Maryland raised legal [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney A new Metro safety oversight commission is a step closer to happening as the Virginia and Maryland legislatures convene this week. Officials in both states had been [...]

Byline: Luz Lazo Use of the E-ZPass electronic payment system has grown exponentially across the Washington region in recent years as the network of toll lanes has expanded in the [...]

Byline: Dana Hedgpeth It was a rough Thursday morning commute for Northern Virginia residents. Metro had a nearly two-hour shutdown on part of its Orange and Silver lines after smoke [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney Virginia lawmakers agreed Saturday to legislation that will give Metro a total of $154 million a year in permanent, new funding, on the condition that Maryland and [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney Virginia's House majority leader said this week he 'would like to help Metro' in the legislative session that starts next month, but only if there are rigorous [...]

Byline: Robert McCartney Top northern Virginia elected officials on Wednesday called for urgent action to build two major transportation projects to deal with the region's congestion, but both proposals face [...]

Byline: Patricia Sullivan Once upon a time, a new apartment or condominium came with one or even two parking spaces, often free, a reflection of America's love for and dependence [...]

Byline: Lori Aratani Northern Virginia is home to savvy commuters whose knowledge of transportation issues in the region has grown dramatically since 2015, according to a new survey released Wednesday [...]

Byline: Martine Powers Maryland and Virginia have formally notified federal officials that they won't meet a February deadline for establishing a new, tougher safety agency to oversee Metro. But with [...]

Byline: Editorial Board DRIVERS' LICENSE suspensions have become a debt-collection tool in many states, often to compel the payment of court-imposed fines and fees. In a handful of states, including [...]

Byline: Luz Lazo Major changes could be coming to Richmond Highway. Fairfax County wants to extend Metro's Yellow Line and build a Bus Rapid Transit system that will run from [...]

Byline: Robert Thomson This is the theory: If you want to take politics and regional partisanship out of planning for transportation improvements, and build the most useful things, then evaluate [...]

Byline: Rachel Weiner Say you leave a bar in Clarendon, Virginia, on a Saturday night. You don't want to walk home, the Metro is closed, and you can't find a [...]