Thursday, December 6, 2012
Traffic in the Washington, DC, area likely will get worse in future decades, according to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
Think the region's traffic is bad? Just wait a few decades, and you'll wish you were back in 2012, according to a new analysis published online by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. Without more investment in transportation infrastructure and without changes in land use, "Metro Washington’s already notorious traffic congestion [topped only by that of the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, according to a recent report by TomTom] is set to get even worse in the coming decades," according to the website for Region Forward, a vision developed by a coalition created by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. "This is our best estimate as to what is there for the future. There's nothing that says this is …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The Montgomery County Council passed two measures to make it easier for developers to build Capital Bikeshare docking stations, Bethesda Now reported.
This spring, Montgomery County is slated to get 29 Capital Bikeshare docking stations, with 200 bikes in Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Medical Center, Takoma Park and Silver Spring, Chevy Chase Patch reported. Eleven of those stations will be in Bethesda and four will be in Friendship Heights, Bethesda Patch added. To get the ball rolling on building the docking stations, the Montgomery County Council approved two measures on Tuesday, Nov. 13, Bethesda Now reported: The Chevy Chase Land Company is one of the county transportation department's private sector partners, and has offered to pay for two stations—one in Friendship Heights and the other in Bethesda. The land company's pledge enabled the county transportation department to come up …
Thursday, January 20, 2011
A report on U.S. traffic delays finds the D.C. area tied with Chicago.
Commuters, the “aha” moment has arrived in the form of a report released Thursday, and it’s not a glee-filled moment. Unfortunately, your worst fears and concerns have been confirmed: The Washington metropolitan area is No. 1 in traffic delays. The Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) annual study on nationwide traffic congestion paints a bleak picture for our area. The D.C. region consistently ranks on the list of congested areas in the institute’s Urban Mobility Report. In the previous two years, Washington has ranked second to Los Angeles in traffic congestion. “There’s nothing in this report that it’s a surprise to us. They really tell us the obvious — what people experience every day, that congestion is an issue in the central …
Jay Levy
6:50 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
The problem is since 1971, when we moved to the area, the number of private vehicles on the road has soared while the extra road capacity hasn't. Of course there's always the hope that with the thousands of new apartments now under construction within half a mile of the Silver Spring metro stop, many folks will no longer need to use their cars as often as now. At least around my neighborhood, … more ›