Search Result
Search Tags: Adam Tuss
Is D.C. getting its own Times Square?
Orange Barrel Media, an advertising agency, is finalizing plans to attach two mammoth, 40-foot tall electronic signs to the building that houses Clyde's restaurant at the intersection of 7th and G Streets Northwest.
Tags: Chinatown , billboards , Orange Barrel Media , Gallery Place/Chinatown ,
Metro eyeing new chief of safety
Metro has selected a transit official from the San Francisco area as its new head of safety, WTOP has learned.
Tags: Metro , James M. Dougherty
Why can't Prius owners stop by turning the car off?
With growing fears about runaway cars, some are wondering whether the best precaution in preventing rapid acceleration would be to turn the car off.
Tags: Prius , acceleration , Toyota , Answer Desk ,
'Hooes' right in fight over road pronunciation?
The road in question is the Lorton area thoroughfare, Hooes Road, which runs between Route 7100 and Route 123. There are two trains of thought associated with the road. On one side are those that pronounce the name "whose" and on the other side there are those that pronounce the name "hose."
Tags: Hooes Road , Lorton , Lisa Baden , Irma Clifton , Lorton Arts Center
How much damage can deer do?
You don't want to find out. WTOP staffer Pat Puglisi did. Two deer crashed into his home. As one raged through the living room and dining room, the other got stuck in the doorway.
Tags: deer , damage done by deer , Maryland Department of Natural Resources , Pat Puglisi , Brian Eyler
Metro's 'culture of safety' to be scrutinized
The horrific Red Line collision in June that killed nine people will be the focus of a three-day hearing at the National Transportation Safety Board next week.
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board , Metro , Sprawl & Crawl , Robert Sumwalt
GM candidates not walking through Metro's doors
A Metro source tells WTOP that at least two internal candidates have been offered the top spot at Metro, but they have declined.
Tags: Metro , Sprawl & Crawl , John Catoe , Jim Graham
DDOT: The commute will return to normal soon
As road crews continue to chip away at snow and ice, the D.C. Department of Transportation is making a bold claim.
Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation , Sprawl & Crawl , D.C. Department of Transportation
Another commute from hell on tap?
Even as huge tractors hauled massive mounds of snow away in D.C. Monday, Fenty would not make any promises about the commute for Tuesday.
Tags: snow removal , D.C. , Mayor Adrian Fenty , Joan Morris , VDOT , Maryland SHA , Sprawl & Crawl ,
Congressman weighs in on I-66 congestion
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) recently sat down with WTOP Sprawl and Crawl Reporter Adam Tuss to talk about solutions for I-66 congestion.
Tags: Virginia , I-66 , Frank Wolf , fairfax county , Beltway , Bob McDonnell , Sycamore Street , Fairfax Drive , Wilson Boulevard , Lee Highway , Rosslyn , Haymarket , Gainesville , Vienna , Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportat , East Falls Church , Centreville , Ballston , Metro , Orange Line , Warrenton , Dulles , HOV , carpool , bus rapid transit plan
