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<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Riders React to Proposed Blue Line Split ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502095.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502095.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Metrorail riders turned all kinds of colors when we asked them to discuss the Metro staff's proposal to split Blue Line service. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riders]]></category><category><![CDATA[React]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line]]></category><category><![CDATA[Split]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[L'Enfant Plaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore-Washington International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catherine Donnelly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvey Bronstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Topping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Vedda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kay Habeger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lena H. Sun]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynda Meyers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Potomac River]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Road Planners Leery About Taking Away Lanes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802149.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802149.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Road]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planners]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leery]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Away]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lanes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mack Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodley Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Searches Rankle Riders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/01/AR2008110101923.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/01/AR2008110101923.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The transit authority's decision to begin searching people has angered, frightened and confused many travelers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Searches]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rankle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deborah Klaus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nickolaus E. Leggett]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ann Loikow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Taborn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Silverman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Council of the District of Columbia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dupont Circle]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Enforcement Key To 'Buffering' Flow Of Highway Traffic ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102501851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102501851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122238386" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122238386" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Enforcement]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA['Buffering']]></category><category><![CDATA[Flow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Highway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Binford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike P. Salmon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barbara McDonough]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Vernon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Haut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Raezer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Area Bicyclist Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New Metro Displays An Improvement, But More Is Better ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/18/AR2008101801402.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/18/AR2008101801402.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Iasked readers to comment on the transit authority's upgrade to the electronic information displays in the Metrorail stations [Commuter page, Sept. 21]. The signs now can show information faster and in more detail when a service disruption occurs. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Displays]]></category><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Improvement,]]></category><category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas D. Pogue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brenda Hillyer]]></category><category><![CDATA[John P. Markey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring Transit Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Silver Spring Station Project Hard on Disabled ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101396.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101396.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Silver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hard]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disabled]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Vernon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[James R. Campbell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Lachance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theodore Roosevelt Island]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Drivers, Pedestrians Call for Balance In Traffic Planning ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100401742.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100401742.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Drivers,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pedestrians]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry A. Barnes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Branyan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan D. Romberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Vanderbilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPod]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Sharing On Turn-Arounds Could Be Better ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092702510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092702510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Many Metrorail riders heading for the ends of the Red Line, the system's busiest, are annoyed when they have to get off trains at Silver Spring and Grosvenor so the train can head back downtown. This letter looks at the situation on the eastern side of the line.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122241761" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122241761" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharing]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turn-Arounds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Could]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald Grinder]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forest Glen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takoma Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington Police Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[Operations Control Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Riders Decide Nylon, Vinyl Aren't As Sterile as Steel ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/20/AR2008092001879.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/20/AR2008092001879.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Given a choice about what they're going to grab hold of on a moving train, Metro riders would prefer that it not be icky. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Riders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Decide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nylon,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vinyl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aren't]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterile]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steel]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Union Station Safety a Job for City -- and Walkers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/13/AR2008091302065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/13/AR2008091302065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Here are two views about the challenges of walking and driving around Union Station, an area in great need of attention: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Job]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walkers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus Circle]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linda Katz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington County Police Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pentagon Transit Center]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Some Congestion Small Price to Pay To Protect Walkers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/06/AR2008090602482.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/06/AR2008090602482.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With main roads so crowded, many residential neighborhoods find their once-quiet streets have become Plan B for commuters. Drivers use them to avoid chokepoints. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Congestion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Small]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pay]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walkers]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aliza Kwiat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nadine G. Sparer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas D. Pogue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Drivers, Bicyclists Need to Keep an Eye on Each Other ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083001581.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083001581.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122243152" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122243152" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Drivers,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bicyclists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Need]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[an]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eye]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Each]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffery Caldwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Gischlar]]></category><category><![CDATA[David King]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Vanderbilt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Area Bicyclist Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Use of Shoulders Is a Sign of Desperation, Not Progress ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301801.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301801.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Use]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shoulders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sign]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Desperation,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warrenton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Harris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Meet Silver Spring's Would-Be 'Speed Demons' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081601895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081601895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Alittle after 4 p.m. June 25, Terence and Helga Brennan turned their sensible subcompact onto Wayne Avenue, heading for home in Silver Spring. Driving up the avenue, they passed a Montgomery County speed enforcement camera, which is supposed to capture images of drivers going more than 10 mph over the 30 mph speed limit. It took their picture. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Meet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spring's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Would-Be]]></category><category><![CDATA['Speed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Demons']]></category><category><![CDATA[Terence Conway Brennan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helga Brennan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sligo Creek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kyle Busch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Starks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toyota Echo]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ As Backups Go, Fix Takes Beltway From Bad to Worse ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080901481.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080901481.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Backups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Go,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fix]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beltway]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bad]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Worse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Largo (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Buck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Carrollton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sidney V. Elam Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Elliott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upper Marlboro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clarendon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Passengers Get Diverted In a Big Bus Fuss ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201358.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201358.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122246654" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122246654" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Passengers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Get]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diverted]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kim Herter]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Candace Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janet Towles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Transit vs. Car: Calculate Cost of Going the Distance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601575.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601575.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category><category><![CDATA[vs.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Car:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calculate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cost]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Going]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Distance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery Safe Speed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Stein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Two Tickets, One Offense, Mad Motorist ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/19/AR2008071901629.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Liz Poliner was driving north on Connecticut Avenue from her District home one Friday last month, when a police officer pulled her over and wrote a speeding ticket. According to the ticket, which cost her $80 and a point on her license, she was going 39 mph in the 30 mph zone through Chevy Chase Village. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Two]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tickets,]]></category><category><![CDATA[One]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offense,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Motorist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liz Poliner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roy A. Gordon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bradley Lane]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brookville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevy Chase]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Before Overhauling Metrorail, Be Aware Of System's History ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/12/AR2008071201459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/12/AR2008071201459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Looking at our transit system's uncertain future, it helps to discuss how we got this far. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Before]]></category><category><![CDATA[Overhauling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metrorail,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aware]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[System's]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zachary M. Schrag]]></category><category><![CDATA[James P. Hubbard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Potomac River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rohr Industries]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Designers Aren't Pleasing All the People ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/05/AR2008070501403.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/05/AR2008070501403.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ On the May 18 Commuter page, we told you that Metro is testing three styles of hard flooring in new Series 6000 rail cars. Carpeting, a feature that's been around since the trains started running in 1976, is expensive, needs lots of attention and looks awful when it's dirty.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122249365" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122249365" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Gridlock]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Designers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aren't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pleasing]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dunn Loring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Julie Moyes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karl K. Kindel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Is Getting Smarter for Seniors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Metro is changing its policy on SmarTrip cards in a way I hope will eliminate a frequent complaint about the cumbersome, two-stage process seniors have had to follow in getting their discount fares. Here's how some of them explained the problem. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Getting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Smarter]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seniors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karl Kindel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Jerdan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince George's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Tersoff]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For Deaf Rider, Frustration Mars Metro Experience ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Gallaudet University student who is deaf wrote to describe the communications hurdles involved in riding the transit system. The writer compared his experiences this year with his first impressions of Metro. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deaf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rider,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frustration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Experience]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gallaudet University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rikki Epstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrew Greenman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erin Casler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judy Harkins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pentagon City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friendship Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro's Office of ADA Programs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Some Days Just Aren't Good Days To Be a Commuter ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061401759.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061401759.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's been a tough month for Metrorail riders. Scheduled and unscheduled disruptions have affected thousands. The first letter concerns the scheduled maintenance that occurred during the June 7 Race for the Cure in Washington. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aren't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commuter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Van Dorn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Largo (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gerald Francis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Huntington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Vernon Square]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Courthouse (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Zimmerman]]></category><category><![CDATA[District Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Melissa Naulin]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Carrollton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pentagon City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Benjamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Terry Scott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wes Albright]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. National Transportation Safety Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Drivers, Walkers And the Battle For the Streets ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701582.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060701582.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122251893" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122251893" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Drivers,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walkers]]></category><category><![CDATA[And]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Battle]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Streets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter D. Norton]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballston]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Bancroft]]></category><category><![CDATA[East Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olney]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boy Scouts of America]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribune Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Many, Many Parts Merge in Even Simplest Projects ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053101967.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053101967.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Many,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Many]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merge]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Even]]></category><category><![CDATA[Simplest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dupont Circle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ann White]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Buck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kensington Volunteer Fire Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Road Projects Can Be an Effort In Delay, Dismay ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401633.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401633.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D ear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Road]]></category><category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[an]]></category><category><![CDATA[Effort]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delay,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dismay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brandon Crisp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Rothert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince William County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Route]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Wolf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manassas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[The American Legion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ This 'Closed' Ramp Sure Has A Lot of Traffic ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702324.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702324.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA['Closed']]></category><category><![CDATA[Ramp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sure]]></category><category><![CDATA[Has]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lot]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Francis Scott Key Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dana M. Dierkes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffery Caldwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manassas]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Forrest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donna Kepler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sue McIsaac]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Kaine]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theodore Roosevelt Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Park Police]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Without Transit, Wilson Bridge Comes Up Short ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051002478.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051002478.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D ear Dr. Gridlock:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122255354" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122255354" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[Transit,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Short]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernard L. Bundy Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don Zuckerman]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Warner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karyn LeBlanc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monroe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince George's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Census Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anacostia (Washington, DC)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Vernon Square]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Some Near Misses For Those in Rear Of Eight-Car Trains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050301811.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050301811.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Some commuters who board the crowded Orange Line trains at Court House station know they might get a seat if they enter the last car of an eight-car train. That's because many other riders are still in the habit of standing at boarding spots for six-car trains. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Near]]></category><category><![CDATA[Misses]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Those]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eight-Car]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blair Petrillo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Moulton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philip Lalka]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Taubenkibel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discovery Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ No Rest Stops For the Weary, But Just for a While ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042601851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042601851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stops]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weary,]]></category><category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[While]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Merther]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clarksville]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Abeshouse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hagerstown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathryn Gallanis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Mountain Welcome Centers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro 'Top-Notch' In Getting People To Mass on Time ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041901817.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/19/AR2008041901817.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA['Top-Notch']]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Getting]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mass]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Esther Bowring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Goldberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathleen Westmoreland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]></category><category><![CDATA[L'Enfant Plaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[The George Washington University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Changed City Since Last Papal Visit ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041201920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041201920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Washington has grown up a lot since the last time a pope visited.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122258084" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122258084" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Changed]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Since]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA[Papal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Visit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pope John Paul II]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball]]></category><category><![CDATA[National League (Baseball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Mall]]></category><category><![CDATA[NL East Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Nationals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Green Line's Navy]]></category><category><![CDATA[L'Enfant Plaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[RFK Stadium]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Avoiding Stadium Traffic if You're Not Going to the Game ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D ear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Avoiding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stadium]]></category><category><![CDATA[Traffic]]></category><category><![CDATA[if]]></category><category><![CDATA[You're]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[Going]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Game]]></category><category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball]]></category><category><![CDATA[National League (Baseball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[NL East Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Nationals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Hudson]]></category><category><![CDATA[RFK Stadium]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bowie (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ashburn (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvey Hamel]]></category><category><![CDATA[L'Enfant Plaza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Falls Church]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Crowds a Hazard As Metro, Riders Brace for Crunch ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032901851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032901851.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This letter illustrates why Metro was right to temporarily suspend its weekend track-work program, which for several months this winter created extensive delays on the Red Line. But it also shows the danger of crowding at any time. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Crowds]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hazard]]></category><category><![CDATA[As]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brace]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crunch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[David S. Ekern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carolyn Bayer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Wolf]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Vincent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bowie (Maryland)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ When Highways Jam, Is It Better To Try Back Roads? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/22/AR2008032202021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/22/AR2008032202021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ You're stopped on a highway behind unending taillights. Radio reports say the problem is miles ahead. Do you bail out onto local roads? What do you need to know in deciding? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Highways]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jam,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Better]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Try]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roads?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Buck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marc Hoffman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Legion Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bel Air]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Take Me Out To the Ballgame, Regardless ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502086.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Baseball fans are turning their attention to how they might approach the new Nationals Park. That includes fans who are elderly or have disabilities.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122300225" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122300225" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballgame,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regardless]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debbie Franklin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hyattsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leesburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[RFK Stadium]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilson DeCamp]]></category><category><![CDATA[Green Line's Navy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball]]></category><category><![CDATA[National League (Baseball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[NL East Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Nationals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterling (Virginia)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Waiting Out The Weekends On Metrorail ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This has been a winter of discontent on Metrorail, particularly on the Red Line. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Waiting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weekends]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metrorail]]></category><category><![CDATA[Friendship Heights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cleveland Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[College Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drew Newman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dupont Circle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elaine Joselovitz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lucinda Frend]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pierce Homer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tenleytown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Potomac Passion Helped Save A Bus Route ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101634.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/01/AR2008030101634.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ An aggressive effort by some local bus riders has been rewarded. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) decided to make only a modest cutback in a Ride On route that takes commuters to and from the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Potomac]]></category><category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helped]]></category><category><![CDATA[Save]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Route]]></category><category><![CDATA[Isiah Leggett]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Esther Bowring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joanne Casey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roger Berliner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodbridge (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery College]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Do We Really Want An Aqua Line? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/23/AR2008022301914.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/23/AR2008022301914.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Do]]></category><category><![CDATA[We]]></category><category><![CDATA[Really]]></category><category><![CDATA[Want]]></category><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aqua]]></category><category><![CDATA[Line?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Largo (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Gischlar]]></category><category><![CDATA[FedEx Field]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathy Pomerenk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kelly DeYoe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neil J. Pedersen]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Carrollton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Benjamin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Icy Roads Leave Drivers Steamed ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602379.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602379.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Early in the 20th century, the White Star Line created an enormous people-moving machine for transatlantic service. Early in the 21st century, the Virginia Department of Transportation created an enormous people-moving machine for the Washington metropolis.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122303848" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122303848" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Icy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roads]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leave]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drivers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steamed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springfield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joan Morris]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Marbourg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce DePuyt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clarendon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Wolf]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fredericksburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keith R. Ofsowitz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marjorie Jones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quantico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Severn River]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Pentagon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Kaine]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Metro Needs A Clutch Hit To Quiet Critics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/09/AR2008020902188.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/09/AR2008020902188.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D ear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clutch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hit]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quiet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Critics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Gischlar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barry Gross]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emeka Moneme]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fort Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leonard J. Koenick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Transit Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anacostia (Washington, DC)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Major Tumult On the Roadway Peeves Commuters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/02/AR2008020201963.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/02/AR2008020201963.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Many commuters have been struggling to adapt to a new traffic pattern that is part of an important east-west road construction program in the Rockville and North Bethesda areas. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Major]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tumult]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roadway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peeves]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commuters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas D. Pogue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montrose]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Transit Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Margo Dunlavey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marv Mostow]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rita Norbury]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tysons Corner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montgomery County's Department of Public Works and Transportation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dulles Extension Yet Another Defeat For All Commuters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/26/AR2008012601835.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/26/AR2008012601835.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dulles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Extension]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Another]]></category><category><![CDATA[Defeat]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commuters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Transit Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Dulles International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Accokeek]]></category><category><![CDATA[J.L. Dennis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Holland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tysons Corner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority]]></category><category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterling (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Few Hot Tips For Icy, Slippery Winter Drives ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/19/AR2008011902172.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/19/AR2008011902172.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ De ar Dr. Gridlock:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122306507" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122306507" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Few]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Icy,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slippery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drives]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Catoe]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Howe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leesburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Scalia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New England States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fixing Crowded Rail Cars Is a Multi-Step Process ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011202606.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011202606.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Metro's test of a rail car with more bench seats on the sides and fewer two-by-two seats provides a focus for concerns about crowding. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fixing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crowded]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rail]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Multi-Step]]></category><category><![CDATA[Process]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Buck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Triangle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henri D. Bartholomot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Julian Karpoff]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewes (Delaware)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Linda Meyer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roscoe C. Rowe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Severn River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Queen Anne's County]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Narrow and Tricky Humpback Bridge Set for Rebuilding ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/05/AR2008010502133.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/05/AR2008010502133.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Narrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tricky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Humpback]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebuilding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Vernon]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ralph Nappi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catonsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Catoe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kevin Edwards]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roosevelt Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosslyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Meaningful Route Numbers? Guess Again. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/29/AR2007122901438.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/29/AR2007122901438.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Meaningful]]></category><category><![CDATA[Route]]></category><category><![CDATA[Numbers?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guess]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sales Will Cease, But Token Use Can Continue ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122201545.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122201545.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ D ear Dr. Gridlock:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122310413" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4716122310413" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category><category><![CDATA[Will]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cease,]]></category><category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[Token]]></category><category><![CDATA[Use]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[Continue]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Land Where All Crosswalks Are Created Equal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501593.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501593.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Land]]></category><category><![CDATA[Where]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crosswalks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Created]]></category><category><![CDATA[Equal]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Long and Short Of It: Metro Riders Hate 4-Car Trains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801381.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120801381.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Dr. Gridlock: ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Thomson]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Short]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[It:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hate]]></category><category><![CDATA[4-Car]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trains]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Buck]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Townsend]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Donnelly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas G. Morford]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Automobile Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland State Highway Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prince George's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
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