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‘Car free’ DC is Wednesday

An international event wants those in the D.C. area to think twice before they pick up their car keys Wednesday.

Car Free Day” takes place every Sept. 22. People are encouraged to get around without driving solo. That means taking the train, bus, bicycle, carpool, vanpool, subway or walking. Teleworking has been given a thumbs-up this year.

The event is open to everyone in the D.C. area. Just fill out a pledge form and you’ll be entered into the prize raffle. Raffle sponsors include WMATA, the Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland, Capital Bikeshare and the Virginia Railway Express.

WMATA, the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of Transportation are sponsoring the event as a whole.

Get more information online.

Most crash-prone DC region roads, as reported by WTOP

If your commute involves the 14th Street Bridge, you have good reason to tune to WTOP for traffic on the 8s. Inbound drivers on the bridge aren't just headed for D.C., they're also headed straight onto the most crash-prone stretch of road in the D.C. area, according to WTOP Traffic Center data. Over the last four years, the WTOP Traffic Center recorded more than 91,000 crashes on the region’s interstates, federal parkways, state and local roadways. Doing this allows the traffic team to accurately report the latest traffic incidents you hear on air and see on the WTOP.com traffic page every day. Those tens of thousands of data points were used to generate a heat map for the region that shows hot spots where the frequency of crashes is higher compared to other parts of the area road network, as reported by WTOP.
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