What happened: Nov. 17 marked the 10th anniversary of the I-495 Express Lanes in Northern Virginia.
What it’s meant: According to operator Transurban North America, Express Lanes over the last decade on 495, 95, and 395 have:
- Helped nearly 10 million customers save more than 33 million hours;
- Created more than $8 billion in economic activity, 53,000 jobs, and contracted nearly $1 billion in small, women, and minority owned businesses;
- Provided multi-modal solutions that have helped bus trips and HOV-3 trips grow by more than 105 percent each; and
- Resulted in partnerships with 350 different organizations to contribute more than $2.3 million to strengthen communities through community grant programs.
Why it matters: The Express Lanes are a mobility solution that have helped provide traffic relief to nearly 10 million customers in one of the nation’s most congested areas.
Photo courtesy of Transurban North America
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