Commuters using Metro buses and trains to work can now add the SmarTrip cards to their iPhones and Apple watches. It’s a new touch-free method they can use to pay for their rides, just as they can at the supermarket.
More from Metro’s press release:
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The truck has been uprighted. No injuries reported. Traffic getting by on the left shoulder.
This past winter, OmniRide was in the middle of a year-long transit study to find out if people would call for a ride and then be taken to an OmniRide local bus stop.
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and ridership across all OmniRide bus services plummeted. OmniRide officials are expected to ask for an extension of the study period at the next OmniRide Commissioners meeting, to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 3, at the OmniRide transit center at 14700 Potomac Mills Circle in Woodbridge.
Here is a look at this week’s construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg and Stafford County area according to the Virginia Department of Transportation:
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Trains are running once again following the pedestrian strike.
A new paving project for White Oak Road, Cool Springs Road, and Deacon Road in the Falmouth area of Stafford County will start on Wednesday, August 26.
More from the Virginia Department of Transportation via a press release:
Traffic is moving again on Interstate 95 in North Stafford following a crash that involved an overturned tractor-trailer.
Stafford fire and rescue says:
Here a look at this week’s construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg and Stafford County region according to the Virginia Department of Transportation:
Boaters on the Rappahannock River will have to steer clear of the Chatham Bridge in Fredericksburg next week.
More in a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
It’s back to the drawing board for the long talked about interchange at Routes and 123 in Woodbridge.
Prince William County’s Department of Transportation is conducting a “Strategically Targeted Affordable Roadway Solutions” study, also known as the STARS, to identify new, cost-effective designs for an interchange that would untangle traffic in the busy intersection, as well as provide easy access to the nearby Belmont Bay neighborhood and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station.
