The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock, Robert Thomson, will be online to take all your questions about Metro, traffic throughout the region and other transportation issues.
This excerpt includes some frequently asked questions about train service.
The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock, Robert Thomson, will be online to take all your questions about Metro, traffic throughout the region and other transportation issues.
Post’s commuting contest offers options, rather than a best route.
The Metro chief will be online Monday with Dr. Gridlock to take your questions.
The Post tested two routes, one via Metrorail and the other a drive all the way to downtown.
It’s not just the toll. It’s the tech, too.
It’s part of the long-term rebuilding of the Washington Boulevard bridge over Columbia Pike in Arlington.
Green Line service is unaffected. All rail stations will be open.
The speech is scheduled for 9 p.m., but restrictions begin at 6 p.m.
Parking meters could be installed late this year, with a new Circulator bus route beginning in 2015.
Commuter gripes about the trains were numerous, but highway officials rightly urged them to stay off roads.
The transit authority launches a set of six public hearings Wednesday night.
The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock, Robert Thomson, will be online to take all your questions about Metro, traffic throughout the region and other transportation issues.
Long line of applicants seeks to fill 34 jobs with city’s new transit system.
The six hearings on fare increases will pit the D.C. region’s core against the outer suburbs.
The week’s snow and cold affected drivers and transit users, but the biggest disruptions occurred on Metrorail.
The most popular routes during Beltway lanes’ first year involved highway-to-highway travel.
The work schedule on Metrorail for this weekend is extensive, but all stations will be open.
Light traffic is both a blessing and a curse for those who were not granted a snow day.
Robert Thomson is The Washington Post’s “Dr. Gridlock.” He answers travelers’ questions, listens to their complaints and shares their pain on the roads, trains and buses in the Washington region. In addition to his twice-weekly newspaper column, he writes for a daily blog on The Post’s Web site, engages readers in online chats and presents features about transportation issues on The Post’s Sunday commuter page.
Thomson has been a reporter and editor for 30 years in New York and Washington. He joined The Post in 1988 and worked on the D.C., Maryland and Virginia desks. In 1999, he became The Post’s transportation editor. When Ron Shaffer, founder of “Dr. Gridlock,” retired from The Post in 2006, Thomson took over the column. He enjoys getting out of the office, even to drive at rush hour.