Although very popular among commuters, slugging is sure to be one of the most misunderstood practices in the Washington area.
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Traffic
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — An overturned car on Interstate 95 north in Stafford County briefly closed the highway today.
The crash happened at mile post 143 in North Stafford, just past Va. 610.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Expect a week’s worth of overnight closures on the I-95/395 High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.
Crews will close the entire express lanes facility between Dumfries and the Pentagon starting at 8 p.m. through 4 a.m. Tuesday for test boring, utility markings, and survey work for the upcoming conversion of the lanes to toll lanes.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The OmniLink Teen Summer Pass, which enables teens to get unlimited local bus rides for the whole summer for one low price.
Teens ages 13-19 may use the OmniLink Teen Summer Pass on OmniLink and Cross County Connector buses between Friday, June 1 and Saturday, September 1, 2012. The pass costs $30, and in return teens get an unlimited number of local bus rides for three full months! Passes will be sold from June 1 – August 4, 2012.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Virginia Special Olympics torch will pass through Prince William County this afternoon, escorted by the county’s police department.
The annual running of the torch through Woodbridge on its way to Richmond for this weekend’s games will start at 2 p.m., as runners cross into Woodbridge from Fairfax County.
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STAFFORD, Va. — Virginia Department of Transportation and consultant officials will be available from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, June 14 to share details on the project and the design process, which is currently underway. The public is invited to stop by to learn about the project, its history and purpose, and to review the project schedule, preliminary design, maps and project documents, and to ask questions.
VDOT also invites the public to submit written or oral comments at the meeting.
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When it comes to commuters, you could say that we’re like a family.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Virginia Railway Express knows what kind of wireless service it wants on its trains. It just doesn’t have the money to pay for it.
The transit agency has looked at four ways to provide wireless service so riders can access email and low-bandwidth news and video content on the web via laptops and smartphones. Satellite, cellular, Bluetooth, and Wi-Max connections have all been viewed as possibilities for wireless service on the trains.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — OmniLink buses in Woodbridge will now serve the Virginia SkillSource Center on Minnieiville Road, making it easier for job seekers to find employment.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — It was a rough commute for those headed south to the Potomac Communities on Monday.
At 4:38 p.m., a crash on the Interstate 395’s High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes at Shirlington caused the closure of the express lanes. Drivers were forced off of the two-lane facility while transit buses were permitted to continue to use the lanes, according to PotomacLocal.com Slug Tales writer Laura Cirillo.