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Sep 29, 2014

Having approved historic measures last year that raise hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new revenue for transportation, Maryland and Virginia are poised to cover a larger share of the cost of maintaining, operating, and expanding the Washington region's transportation system over the next 26 years.

Sep 22, 2014

More than 300 regionally significant improvements to the Washington region's highway and transit system through 2040 are detailed in the final draft of this year's update of the Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP), available for public comment through October 11.

Sep 15, 2014

Elected officials, transportation agencies, and the public have one last opportunity to comment on this year's update of the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) before the Transportation Planning Board considers it for final approval on October 15.

Sep 8, 2014

The Transportation Planning Board recently began accepting applications for funding under a new federal program aimed at addressing the transportation needs of persons with limited mobility resulting from old age or physical or mental disability.

Sep 1, 2014

The Washington region's first bus rapid transit line, known as Metroway, recently opened to passengers in Northern Virginia, with help in part from a federal TIGER grant received by the Transportation Planning Board.

Aug 25, 2014

"Put it away. Uncar for a day."

Aug 18, 2014

The Transportation Planning Board recently welcomed Fauquier County, Virginia, as its newest voting member, now that a small portion of the county has been designated under federal law as part of the TPB's official planning area.

Aug 11, 2014

It took almost 50 years for Metro's new Silver Line to turn from long-range planning idea into reality. The project entered the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) in 1999, marking the point at which funding was reasonably expected to be available for the project.

Aug 4, 2014

By next summer, seven local jurisdictions in the Washington region will be one step closer to realizing their aspirations for better pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connectivity between and within Activity Centers in their jurisdiction.

Jul 28, 2014

The effects of the October 1973 oil embargo hit Washington area commuters hard. Gas prices topped 50 cents a gallon for the first time ever. Long lines formed at gas stations as fuel supplies dwindled. Getting to and from work by car suddenly became much more expensive -- in some cases, prohibitively so.