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Alliance Endorses Some HB 2 Recommendations and Proposes Improvements

In recent testimony before the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) the Alliance endorsed several projects in the first round of HB 2 projects while recommending changes to transform Six-Year Improvement Program […]

One Small Box on a Bridge, 15 Miles of Congestion/Delay for Area Mankind

On April 21st officials investigated a suspicious-looking box on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The investigation took about 3 hours. The back-up extended about 8 miles in Virginia; 7 miles in […]

Alliance Priority Update: Long-Awaited I-395 Express Lanes Extension Back on Track

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted earlier this month to approve for air quality conformity testing the I-395 Express Lanes Extension Project between I-495 and Eads Street in the […]

Arlington Memorial Bridge Deterioration Symbolic of Long Term Federal Funding Neglect

Built in 1932 to tie the region and the nation’s history closer together, the Arlington Memorial Bridge’s deterioration is testimony to the price the region and nation are paying for […]

Moving Metro Forward

After being on the job several months new WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says he found the system in worse shape than he original thought.  Last week’s electrical fire and […]

Local Politicians Can Change the Plan, But Not the Facts

Transportation progress in Northern Virginia is seldom easy or quick. It’s not by accident that today, travelers in this area waste more time in traffic than in any other part […]

HB 796

Practical design standards; VDOT to employ standards for any highway system project. Requires the Department of Transportation to employ practical design standards for any highway system project, including all projects costing […]

SB 471

Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership. Increases from 17 to 19 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the addition of two nonlegislative citizen members: one from the Hampton Roads […]

SB 258

Commonwealth Transportation Board; voting weighted by population. Provides that the votes of the nine nonlegislative citizen members of the Commonwealth Transportation Board who represent the nine highway construction districts shall […]

HB 1346

Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership. Increases from 17 to 19 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the addition of two nonlegislative citizen members: one from the Hampton Roads […]