Gordon Chaffin is a freelance journalist who focuses on infrastructure and traffic news and insights for Street Justice. You can support independent journalism by subscribing to Gordon’s StreetJustice newsletter: He’s offering a 20% discount to THIH readers. See more information below. –Maria Helena Carey The Basics on Virginia DOT’s Commuter Choice Programs Virginia’s Department of Transportation is doing a lot to change I-66, widening in places, lengthening express (i.e. toll) lanes further out from the DC core, updating […]

We are coming up to a momentous (well, to me) anniversary: The 10th year after my first Lost Capitol Hill column. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been doing this pretty much without fail for 520 weeks, having amassed a quarter-million closely-researched words in that time. My first column was, unsurprisingly, about public transportation, a […]

Hey parents! How are you enjoying your summer so far? Relaxing? Good. So, about those Kids Ride Free cards you had to get last year: They will expire on October 1 of this year. But never fear: You get to stand in line and get a new one at one of several events around town […]