http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/columns/drgridlock/personal?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalMy Dr. Gridlocken-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12551-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12551-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59605-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59605-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMTDuring a Monday morning rush hour on the Dulles Toll Road, I found myself behind a driver who handed over a credit card at the tollbooth. There was little discussion between the attendant and the driver.]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49974-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49974-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40649-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40649-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT D ear Dr. Gridlock:
The real problem with transportation in the United States is that there are too many people trying to use a limited number of facilities at the same time.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21963-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21963-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11826-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11826-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT I recently used the HOV-2 lanes on Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway between 6:30 and 7 a.m. on a weekday. Although retired, my wife and I were traveling to Crystal City that day to attend a seminar.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13113-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13113-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Okay, I'll admit it: I'm an HOV cheater. Yes, that's right, folks. And I get so frustrated with people who complain about HOV cheaters clogging the lanes.]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3935-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3935-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60411-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60411-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50368-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50368-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMTBeing a woman of, ahem, endowment, for years I fought with my shoulder harness as it crept up around my neck. In many cases, I had to hold it to keep it from sliding up across the upper part of my chest to the base of my throat.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41169-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41169-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMTTim Driscoll of Germantown mentioned some problems he has had with commuting via the Metro Red Line that led him to return to commuting to the District by car [Dr. Gridlock, Feb. 27].]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39051-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39051-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30327-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30327-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19110-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19110-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT I was traveling south on Interstate 95 on Wednesday, Feb. 16. It was just before 3:30 p.m., and I knew not to get in the HOV lanes because I wouldn't be able to get off by 3:30. I passed the last exit south of Springfield exactly at 3:30.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20583-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20583-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT On two occasions recently, one of them at night, I drove behind vans with DVD players running. I found the action on the screens, which were right in the middle of my field of vision, to be extremely distracting.]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10562-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10562-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1636-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1636-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT I've long heard and read about drivers railing about a backup at the scene of an accident being caused by rubbernecking. While backups are frustrating, I submit that rubbernecking is not necessarily always the cause, but may actually be the...]]>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64899-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64899-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/personalSun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:39 GMT As a team leader for several projects, my workday at my Washington office is filled with distractions that interrupt any serious writing or reviewing that I need to do.]]> Ron Shaffer