Traffic

OmniRide, in partnership with Commuter Connections, is asking residents to pledge to be car-free on September 22, 2021. On this day, the agency would like residents to forgo commuting alone by car and instead choose to either use public transportation, carpool or vanpool, bike, walk, or telework from home.

Car Free Day is a worldwide event that encourages greener methods of travel. Commuter Connections hosts Car Free Day in the Washington, D.C. region to bring awareness to the benefits of travel options such as transit, bicycling, and walking; and also telework for people who can work from home.

Construction will be coming to the intersection of Route 1 and Fall Hill Avenue in Fredericksburg, and transportation officials want your input.

The Virginia Department of Transportation tells us:

Drivers should plan ahead for travel on Interstate 95 with planned daytime and overnight lane closures in the Fredericksburg area for Improve 95 program construction.

I-95 northbound and southbound will be reduced to one travel lane beginning at 10 p.m. each evening this week at various locations between exit 130 (Route 3) in the City of Fredericksburg and exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) in Stafford County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says these work zones could slow your commute this week.

Here they are:

The DMV will resume walk-in service three days a week starting October 5.

Offices across the state have been seeing customers on an appointment-only basis since May 2020. The DMV continues to stress the success of operating by appointment only, stating it has conducted more transactions in person, online, and over the phone, than it did before the start of the pandemic.