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- April 24, 2024
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FBI Warns Of New Scam Potentially Threatening Millions Of Virginians

The FBI and Virginia Department of Transportation have issued an urgent warning to motorists about a new scam involving unpaid toll texts. Authorities consider it a significant threat that requires your immediate attention. “Smishing,” or identity theft schemes involving text messages intended to dupe you, have become increasingly common in recent years, like their closely […]

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- July 27, 2022
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VDOT Beginning to Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Traffic

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The Virginia Department of Transportation is planning a new system that may change the way Virginians deal with traffic. State transportation officials are gearing up to use an artificial intelligence system that will monitor emerging conditions to predict the impacts of traffic disruptions in Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg metropolitan area. According to Virginia Mercury, […]

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- January 4, 2022
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Monstrous Blizzard Leaves Hundreds – Including US Senator – in Scary Conditions

A monstrous blizzard has left Northern Virginia covered in as much as 18 inches of snow. Drivers on I-95 near Fredericksburg got the worst of it. Among the hundreds trapped for more than one day on the interstate in miserable and potentially dangerous conditions was U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Kaine ran as Hillary Clinton’s […]

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- January 22, 2019
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Virginia Mulls Paying Drivers To Battle Congestion, But Concerns Of Tracking Them Remain

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Contentions with utilizing artificial intelligence and information gathering to improve Virginia roadways do not lie within the technological advancements, but the humans using the system. 

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- April 23, 2018
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VDOT Claims Fixing All Roads, Highways And Bridges Is Impossible

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The roads, highways, bridges, and tunnels that make up the vast transportation network in Virginia are far from being considered in perfect condition. VDOT acknowledges this, but also says it’s “impossible” to fix them all.

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- January 3, 2018
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Virginia Transportation Secretary Racked Up $156,615 Using Taxpayer Financed Jet

Over four years, Layne traveled by state plane 251 times — more trips aboard a state airplane than any other individual cabinet secretary.

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