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Last month, the City of Alexandria took the bold step to eliminate all fares on its DASH bus system. Behind the scenes, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board’s (TPB) Transportation Land-Use Connections (TLC) program played an important role in making that change happen.

Even with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s recent veto of a bill to study expanding MARC (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) service to Northern Virginia, the potential demand to bring “run-though” rail service across the Potomac River remains strong according to a new report presented to the Washington region’s main planning body this week.