TRAFFIC

As coronavirus restrictions are lifted across the country, travel experts are seeing traffic back at pre-pandemic levels. News4’s Adam Tuss breaks down a new study.

The coronavirus pandemic and following stay-at-home orders caused traffic to plummet. News4’s Melissa Mollet tracked the changes using traffic cameras on some of the most notoriously clogged roads in the region.

A truck carrying test tubes overturned Friday on the Inner Loop of the Beltway in Montgomery County, leaking fuel onto the road and trapping the driver. The tractor-trailer crashed just past Connecticut Avenue on I-495 during a rainy Friday morning commute. Several lanes were blocked as fuel leaked onto the road, authorities said. The truck was transporting test tubes and…

More people are getting behind the wheel and on the road. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on how police are trying to safely enforce the rules of the road.

When commuters do fully return back to work, there’s concern that many more may be driving as a way to keep separated — and that could further add to the region’s already crippling traffic. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

A restaurant opening its drive-thru during the coronavirus pandemic has caused quite a stir in one West Virginia town

The bill includes $250 billion in help for small businesses and $100 billion for hospitals.

Two people were rushed for hospital care after an alcohol delivery truck overturned in Montgomery County, trapping the driver inside, first responders say. The truck overturned on Georgia Avenue near Connecticut Avenue in Aspen Hill, Maryland, Montgomery Fire Spokesman Pete Piringer said. Authorities were called about 9 a.m. to the single-vehicle crash. The driver was extricated from the truck and…

Chopper4 footage shows beer boxes and cans strewn across multiple lanes of traffic in Montgomery County after an alcohol delivery truck overturned Tuesday, injuring two people.

Many Virginia drivers had a rough commute Wednesday morning. A tractor-trailer hauling scrap metal overturned on the Interstate 66 eastbound ramp to Interstate 495 northbound about 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, Virginia State Police said. The metal debris spilled onto the I-66 ramp and to the roadway below — an I-495 northbound ramp to I-66. A tractor-trailer on that ramp hit the…

A tractor-trailer hauling scrap metal flipped on its side along a ramp from I-66 to the Beltway. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports VDOT is warning drivers to be extra careful passing through a stretch where a huge amount of construction is taking place there.

Drivers who use I-395 over the weekend need to know about some upcoming closures. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Drivers who use I-395 need to know about a series of weekend closures that could affect your travel plans. Starting the weekend of March 6-8, Express Lanes will close from near Edsall Road to the D.C. line. The closures will begin at 11 p.m. Fridays and end at 4 a.m. Monday mornings. The lanes will stay open for Easter...

Commuters on a busy roadway in Southeast D.C. Monday were stuck in lengthy delays after a truck carrying trash overturned on westbound I-695/Southeast Freeway, spilling diesel across the highway and debris onto roadways below. The crash occurred before sunrise Monday just prior to Exit 1D, D.C. Fire and EMS says. Several roads have been closed in the area as...

After WMATA announced potential changes to dozens of bus lines that serve Montgomery County, local leaders are inviting residents to weigh in. Metro’s proposed budget for 2021 includes cuts to four bus routes that would impact 65,000 residents of the Maryland county, Council Vice President Tom Hucker said in a release Wednesday. “The WMATA General Manager’s proposed bus cuts would…

Metro has proposed eliminating some bus routes in Montgomery County. News4’s Justin Finch reports that residents will have a chance to share their opinions on the possible changes.

D.C. issued $1 billion in traffic and parking tickets from 2017 to 2019, setting a new record for fines levied in each of the past three years, AAA researchers say. Police officers issued about $375 million in tickets during the fiscal year that ended in September 2019 — up form $324 million in 2018 and $306 million in 2017, AAA…

One person died and all southbound lanes of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway were closed for hours early Monday after a crash in Maryland. The three-vehicle crash occurred before 5:40 a.m. north of the New York Avenue (US-50) split. One person was declared dead at the scene, U.S. Park Police said. Traffic was diverted to Route 202 during the morning rush hour….

A series of streets and sidewalks will be closed or restricted Tuesday night as President Donald Trump is set to deliver the State of the Union address.

Climate activists say they are hanging banners at overpasses throughout D.C. Monday morning.