Virginia lawmakers voted 36-4 on Wednesday in favor of amended legislation that enables police officers to pull over drivers seen texting while driving.
The Silver Spring Transit Center is already $80 million over budget, but the Montgomery County Council approved an addition $7 million for work completed at the center.
At a cost of more than $6 million, Metro plans to triple the number of cameras in its stations and parking garages, as well as adding cameras onto rail cars for the first time.
A "super" bus stop constructed at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive may be the first and last of its kind, after its $1 million cost drew negative responses from area residents.
Noting that drivers are increasingly concerned about gas prices and global warming, AAA Mid-Atlantics list of top cars for commuters spotlights alternative fuel vehicles like Chevy Volt.
Bicycling advocates have been lobbying Congress to address the 5,000 bicyclist and pedestrian roadway deaths, and a bipartisan group of House lawmakers has heeded their call.