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D.C. ranks highest among nation's safest roads
The WTOP listening area may have the worst driving commute in the country but it isn't all bad news out there. A study indicates D.C. roads are among the nation's safest.
Tags: National Highway Safety Association , Governors Highway Safety Association , National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , traffic , Traffic deaths
Drivers, pedestrians adjust to sun setting earlier
AAA Mid Atlantic is warning drivers to be extra careful behind the wheel as they adjust to having less light during their evening commutes.
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , AAA , AAA Mid-Atlantic , John Townsend , pedestrian deaths , Adam Tuss
Police: I-270 bus crash not mechanical fault
Nothing was mechanically wrong with the vehicle, Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley says.
Tags: Montgomery County Police , I-270 , Oscar Garcia , Wolf Bus Lines , Bus accident
Low-cost option to keep traffic flowing: Clear wrecks faster
"The incident cleanup is taking, frankly, more time than it really needs to," says Dave Snyder, chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' transportation planning board.
Tags: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , COG , Dave Snyder , traffic wrecks , traffic flow , Virginia Department of Transportation , VDOT , Maryland State Highway Administration , SHA , D.C. Department of Transportation , DDOT , Adam Tuss , Colleen Kelleher
