Do you have a sneaking suspicion that traffic cameras are being used more to suck money out of your pocket than to promote safe driving habits? You're not alone. more ›

People with personalized license plates really want to express themselves, but there's a limit to how far that expression can go. more ›

We've all complained about D.C. drivers and traffic, but how do we stack up to other places across the country? more ›

Car-sharing in D.C. has certainly gotten more diverse and competitive in recent weeks. But while Zipcar is raising prices, upstart challenger car2go is offering free registration. more ›

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the D.C. area is up 35 cents over the past year, according to data collected by WTOP. more ›

Ever since Flexcar and Zipcar merged in 2007, D.C. has been a one-company town when it comes to car-sharing services. No longer. more ›

Responding to the mild weather and the increase of people walking and cycling to work, D.C. police officers have been out in force this week enforcing pedestrian, cycling and driving laws as part of the annual Street Smart campaign. more ›

Logan Circle residents embraced, with a few questions, a pilot program being proposed by the office of Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) that would apply more restrictive parking rules to the neighborhood. more ›

Should Maryland drivers be forbidden from smoking in their car if they have a young passenger aboard? Legislators in Annapolis are trying to make it so again this year. more ›

Officials in Logan Circle are hoping to do their motorists a solid. At least that seems to be the aim of a proposed pilot program for residential parking permits in traffic-heavy Logan Circle. more ›

Talking or texting on your cell phone while driving is illegal in the District. It's also very dangerous, a point that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been driving home with his nationwide Distracted Driving campaign. But for LaHood, just telling people not to do it isn't enough -- he pounces into action on weekend forays around town. more ›

Remember we stumbled upon a Mercedes-Benz convertible peculiarly branded with vanity license plates reading "OCCUPY"? It threw us off a bit. The car's owner tells us he's a firm backer of the Occupy movement. more ›

With their tuition, housing, meals and student fees topping out at close to $60,000, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised when we see GWU students in cars that, on balance, seem way too nice for any 18-to-22-year-old to be driving. Still, damn. more ›

No, you're not going crazy -- the District is getting some new street signs. But what gives with one that popped up on New Hampshire Avenue this week? more ›

Do you feel like drivers in D.C. can't parallel park? There might be a reason for that. more ›

A Mercedes-Benz with a license plate voicing support for Occupy D.C.? We'd like to know more about the owner. more ›

If you don't often drive through or near Rock Creek Park on your daily commute, the fact that Broad Branch Road reopened to traffic today might not be a big deal. But for those that do, it's a huge deal. more ›

Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) showed up to work today in a brand new Ford Focus, having finally traded in his old Mercury Mystique after 15 years and more than 175,000 miles. more ›

There's never-ending tension in D.C. between drivers, pedestrian, and cyclists. They each have their own rights, and they're always complaining about the others not behaving. In some cases, however, they're wrong. more ›

It's already against the law in the District to send text messages or speak on a phone without a hands-free device, but the National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for an across-the-board ban on the use of electronic devices in cars. more ›

A 2009 study asked drivers across the U.S. if they ever succumb to road rage. D.C. ranked as sixth-most courteous, but led in number of drivers who admit to purposefully hitting other vehicles out of anger. more ›

WTOP reports this morning that Virginia has replaced some smaller intersections in Loudoun County with roundabouts, and more might be on the way. more ›

Do you really love the regional professional lacrosse team? Do you want everyone to know? Now you can! more ›

Back on November 4, we noted an incredibly unusual occurrence in which an entire string of parked cars along the 1000 block of Euclid Street were totally smashed to bits, leaving police baffled as to what exactly happened. We finally got a chance to take a look at the preliminary police report of the incident, and boy, is it a whopper. more ›

The vehicular hits just keep coming for D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown, don't they? more ›

One of the values of Eastern Market is that it's car-free -- the stretch of Seventh Street in front of the historic north and south halls is closed off to vehicles on the weekend, when most visitors descend upon the market. Could Wisconsin Avenue go the same way? more ›

Today, members of the D.C. Council introduced two measures which would put additional emphasis on pedestrian safety, including a law which would reduce the speed limit in residential areas to 15 miles per hour. more ›

Generally speaking, "don't drive through Georgetown" is fairly sound advice. But it's essential guidance today. more ›

The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles reported today that an amnesty on overdue parking tickets is working, having drawn in a total of $1,902,665 in revenue from 35,357 outstanding tickets. more ›