http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/columns/drgridlock/loudoun?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounLoudounen-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11520-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11520-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMTDue to my office's recent relocation, I've had to switch back to driving by myself from Leesburg, along the Dulles Greenway and Toll Road, to reach my new office in Falls Church.]]> Dr. Gridlockhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58916-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58916-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39064-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39064-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19035-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19035-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT I ride the Orange Line from the West Falls Church station to the Federal Triangle station and back each workday and have never found the trains "really much too cold," as one of your readers recently attested [Dr. Gridlock, Feb. 24]. And I am boarding Metro in...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64878-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64878-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT When there is an accident or bad weather that ties up traffic on the Dulles Toll Road, the powers that be should open up the Dulles Access Road to all commuters. We paid for it and should be able to use it if needed.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45683-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45683-2005Feb22.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT I recently saw a TV news item about a computer program to test older drivers' reaction times and assess their capability to continue driving.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28039-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28039-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9602-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9602-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT My minivan was damaged on the Beltway several years ago by a two-by-four that flew out of the bed of a pickup and unavoidably into our path.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56077-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56077-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36841-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36841-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMTPerhaps my story will demonstrate that the minimum driving age should not be raised -- at least not without exceptions for those who are deserving of the privilege of driving.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19491-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19491-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Can you kindly remind those driving west on Route 7 between the Dulles Greenway and Route 9 near Leesburg that the only way to maintain speed up a hill is to press harder on the accelerator?]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2440-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2440-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49020-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49020-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46026-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46026-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17275-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17275-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT I have enjoyed your column immensely for as long as I have been a subscriber. Reading it has given rise to several strong feelings, such as my great admiration for those brave souls who commute in the Washington metropolitan area on a daily...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46725-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46725-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28378-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28378-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT It's very scary to watch someone drive by you, fully engaged in a cell phone conversation, with one hand on the phone and the other, animated in the air. It takes only seconds for a disaster to happen, and you have seconds to respond.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58531-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58531-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT In response to Pat Julien of Sterling, who seems to think the Fairfax County government is out to make money on traffic tickets [Dr. Gridlock, Sept. 16]: The reason Fairfax County has four courtrooms operating is because all those people...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40264-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40264-2004Sep21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMTI am writing in response to a letter in your Sept. 2 column.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22017-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22017-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/loudounThu, 14 Apr 2005 6:49:08 GMT I cannot even finish reading your column without writing a response to Kyle Thompson of Leesburg (Dr. Gridlock, Aug. 26).]]> Dr. Gridlock