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A three-year schedule for new toll rates was approved by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors in November 2009 after conducting a series of public hearings.

Although the pent-up demand that drove Thanksgiving holiday travel will be less of a factor as Americans make plans to leave home for the Year-End holidays, this year’s travel numbers represent the second highest volume in the past decade, according to AAA’s Annual Travel survey.

Traffic fatalities in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia are following a nationwide trend by declining to levels not seen since the late 1940s, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced several initial measures being implemented by the Mark Center Task Force to ease traffic impacts on I-395 and Seminary Road in Alexandria.

Signs Will Display Miles And Minutes Between Washington And Fredericksburg Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that beginning Dec. 12 motorists will see travel times displayed on Interstate 95 electronic message signs between Washington, D.C. and Fredericksburg. Since August, the Virginia Department of Transportation has displayed travel times on I-66 between the I-495 and Gainesville.

Speaking to more than 700 hundred industry and transportation agency professionals during the 2011 Governor’s Transportation Conference in Norfolk, Governor Bob McDonnell today outlined his transportation policy and funding plans for the upcoming 2012 General Assembly Session.

Alexandria’s first clean diesel hybrid electric DASH buses have arrived and will be on display for a preview at Alexandria’s City Hall on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 4 – 6 pm.

Last night, motorists will have some much-needed congestion relief on westbound I-66 between Fairfax Drive and Sycamore Street in Arlington County with the opening a two-mile auxiliary lane.

Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that the Virginia Department of Transportation and Fluor-Transurban have come to an in-principle agreement on the major commercial terms to build the I-95 High Occupancy Vehicle/High Occupancy Toll Lanes Project in Northern Virginia.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors today unanimously approved a resolution ratifying a Memorandum of Agreement that will ensure the continuation of the Dulles Rail extension to Loudoun County.