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Latest News

• Metro weekend track work May 18-20, 2012
  The massive effort to rebuild Metrorail will continue over the weekend of May 18-20 on the Orange, Red and Green lines.
  May 16, 2012, WMATA
   
• Bike to Work Day is Friday
  Friday is Bike To Work Day and more than 10,000 are expected to take part in the Washington area.
  May 16, 2012, ABC 7
   
• Super NoVa public meetings scheduled for May
  The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) has announced the second set of public meetings for the Super NoVa Transit/Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Vision Plan. Based on public and stakeholder input from meetings held in February 2012, the team has extensively studied existing and future regional travel demand, land use, population, and employment information and identified gaps in existing services and mobility programs as well as has identified areas of potential need. Citizens are invited to learn more about the study by attending one of three public meetings, to be held in Triangle, Front Royal, and Arlington, VA. The Arlington meeting is May 24.
  April 26, 2012, Arlington County Commuter Services
   
• Metro adds tools to calculate new fares under hike
  The transit agency said Wednesday that riders can get new fare totals when using the online Trip Planner but only when entering a travel date of July 2 or later.
  Kytja Weir, May 16, 2012, Examiner
   
• Metro finishing up Foggy Bottom exit work
  Metro has opened a new staircase at the Foggy Bottom station, putting one of the final touches on a 16-month project to overhaul the station's sole entrance.
  Kytja Weir, May 16, 2012, Examiner
   
• Pike to get utility undergrounding, street improvements
  The County Board is expected to approve a contract for work along a section of the Pike at its meeting this Saturday, May 19. The $5.7 million contract would go to Sagres Construction Corporation, and includes work from S. Wakefield Street to Four Mile Run.
  Katie Pyzyk, May 16, 2012, ARLnow
   
• Airports Authority calling special session
  In the face of intense pressure, the group building the massive Metro extension to Dulles International Airport may be about to make a major concession.
  May 17, 2012, WTOP
   
• Rising or falling, volatile gas prices underscore importance of transit
  When gas prices go up, it can be a big motivator for people to start taking transit more frequently. But according to a study released by the American Public Transportation Association and Building America's Future, even when gas prices start to go down, the newly converted keep riding transit.
  Ben Goldman, May 16, 2012, dc.streetsblog.org
   
• D.C. police chief responds to criticism over handling of bike theft
  Now D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier is answering the criticism by saying they were working on it just not as fast as Lesh would have liked.
  Ken Molestina, May 15, 2012, WUSA 9
   
• Neighborhood affects how much we walk, bike and take transit, survey finds
  The overall finding: Residents in densely developed communities with homes above or near stores, restaurants and offices are more likely to forgo driving to walk, ride a bike or take public transit.
  Katherine Shaver, May 16, 2012, Washington Post
   
• FCC HQ wins award for DC-area active commuting
   
• Subdivisions go urban as housing market changes
   
• For D.C., a great divide
   
• Feds cite Dulles Rail board for waste, no-bid contracts
   
• Clarendon Metro Plaza changes coming soon
   
• D.C. on track for record-low traffic fatalities in 2012
   
• First Metro Bike & Ride opens at College Park
   
• Bike DC Afterword
   
• Why seniors, children, and the poor are at greater risk of traffic deaths
   
• Lack of support puts the brakes on high-speed rail