Transportation
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News
$280M Pledged for Purple Line Construction, Private Dollars Still Needed
Transit advocates got a mixed bag of news about the Purple Line, a proposed light rail system that would connect Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. Gov. Martin O'Malley pledged...
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News
Maryland Ranks as 11th-Most Bike-Friendly State
Maryland is one of the best states in the region in which to bike, according to new rankings from the League of American Bicyclists. A combination of citizen advocacy for safe bike routes...
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News
Reader Pics: Bike to Work at Twinbrook
More than 100 cyclists hit the Twinbrook bike to work “pit stop” Friday morning. The Twinbrook stop was set up near the Department of Health and Human Services building at 5635 Fish...
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Government
Corridor Cities Transitway, Traffic Relief in the Distance for Commuters
By Nicole Macon, Capital News Service When Margie Weaver accepted a job in North Bethesda, she didn’t think much about driving 42 miles from her home in Unionville to her workplace—u...
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Summer
Airlines Collect Record Baggage Fees, Some Passengers Increasingly OK with Them
In 2012, airlines raked in more than $6 billion in baggage and change fees, solely accounting for a 3.7 percent profit margin, according to WTOP. The practice of collecting additiona...