Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

The Washington area has the third-worst traffic in the nation, with only Los Angeles and San Francisco faring worse. This is bad for climate change, air pollution, and morale.

Fortunately, some things are moving in the right direction. Metro is improving, bit by bit. Since four in every 10 riders are federal workers, it is obvious and only fair that the federal government must continue to play a vital role in supporting the system. There is progress in many other areas as well, including bus rapid transit along the Route 1 corridor, more HOT lanes, the Potomac Yard Metro Station, car-sharing, as well as increases and improvements in bike lanes and bicycle and scooter sharing. We will manage this congestion, and continue to push for flex-time and transportation policies that help the cause.

In addition, we continue to push for infrastructure investments -- as we successfully did with Arlington Memorial Bridge -- that fix road, bridge and railway problems long neglected.

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