http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliam?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamPr. Williamen-us1514020http://www.washingtonpost.comhttp://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11826-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11826-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 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/A58857-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58857-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39051-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39051-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19110-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19110-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 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/A64899-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64899-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 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 Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46042-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46042-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28109-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28109-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9905-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9905-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT The Washington Post reported that a Virginia transportation task force has found that hybrid vehicles have made carpool lanes nearly as congested as the regular lanes.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56152-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56152-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37101-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37101-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Some high schools in Prince William County are on small, winding roads with no sidewalks or are near major highways with no sidewalks. I would rather have my teenager driving there in a car than trying to walk to or from school.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19883-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19883-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMTI think all of the elected officials in Northern Virginia should be required to commute along the most heavily traveled corridors in their jurisdictions at least once a week -- and they should drive themselves. Maybe then they would have more...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2698-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2698-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49071-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49071-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46060-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46060-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT I travel on Bull Run Post Office Road toward Loudoun County quite often because my daughter and her family live there.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17720-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17720-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMTMy heart is again saddened by the loss of another teenager in an automobile accident. This is getting harder and harder to accept.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47058-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47058-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT As I have done with others associated with The Washington Post in the past, I would like to extend an invitation to visit Nissan Pavilion on a non-show evening to experience the issues about which you write.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28788-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28788-2004Oct13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT As a daily user of the Capitol South Station on the Blue and Orange lines, I am appalled at how dirty the outside escalators are. They are filthy, constantly breaking down and have lights burned out. Metro used to clean these, but they have...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10453-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10453-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT I'm writing to you about land-use law. There is a common misconception that local government "lets" the developers build, as if the local government could turn down the development applications if there were insufficient infrastructure.]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58857-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58857-2004Sep29.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMT Kudos to Victoria Neal for her well-written letter ["Nissan Pavilion Headaches," Dr. Gridlock, Aug. 26]. I moved to Gainesville in 1990. I have seen explosive growth in the area since that time, with virtually nothing having been done with...]]> Ron Shafferhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40577-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40577-2004Sep22.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/drgridlock/princewilliamThu, 31 Mar 2005 8:40:11 GMTIn your Sept. 5 column, you solicited solutions to the problem of tailgaters.]]> Ron Shaffer