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Report: Lack of focus causes area transportation woes

What's the key to unclogging the notoriously congested transportation network in the D.C. region? It really depends who you ask.

Tags: 2030 Group , Suburban Maryland Transportation Alliance , Bob Chase , Stewart Schwartz , Coalition for Smarter Growth , Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , Adam Tuss

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Arlington's Way or the Highway

Some say Arlington County is way ahead of the curve when it comes to smart, sustainable transportation. Others say the county is hindering regional transportation projects. WTOP's Adam Tuss and Hank Silverberg take a closer look at transportation issues in Arlington.

Tags: I-395 , I-95 , High Occupancy Toll lanes , HOT lanes , Beltway , Capital Beltway , I-66 , Bob McDonnell , Rosslyn-Ballston corridor , Bob Chase , Arlington County Board , Jay Fisette , Adam Tuss , Hank Silverberg

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Concerns raised that Route 15 could get too congested

The Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance worries that a 9-mile, two-lane stretch of the road north of Leesburg to the Maryland border could get too congested.

Tags: Leesburg , tourism , Martha Polkey , Catoctin Coalition , Route 15 , Hank Silverberg

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Region needs to prepare roads for influx of people

The existing network is not going to serve the 2 million more people who are going to be in this region in 25 years," says Bob Chase, president of the Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance.

Tags: traffic congestion , Bob Chase , Dulles Rail , Metro , I-95 , HOT lanes , Adam Tuss , Colleen Kelleher

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