Traffic as news event Policy

WAMU will report traffic conditions on-air only when it becomes a news event
when its a significantly unusual situation or extraordinary event that is
beyond normal/daily traffic backups and impacts a large number of our
listeners.
This includes bridge closures or major arteries in DC, Maryland and Virginia
being shut down due to a fatal accident, hazardous tanker spill, police
investigation, construction work, etc. These kinds of events will appear on
the AP News Feed thereby helping to define what gets reported on-air.
Bridges:
14th Street Bridge Crosses the Potomac River, connecting Arlington,
VA with Washington, DC; carries traffic to and from 1-395, US 1, the
Yellow Metro line, and Amtrak/VRE/CSX
11th Street Bridges Crosses the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C
and includes lanes for Interstate 695, Interstate 295 and DC 295. Also
connects the neighborhood of Anacostia with the rest of DC.
Memorial Bridge Connects Washington, DC with Arlington County.
Bridge Transports U.S. Route 29 traffic across the Potomac River
between the Rosslyn neighborhood in Arlington and Georgetown in DC
Chain Bridge Crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in
Washington, DC and connects the District with sections of Arlington
and Fairfax counties.
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge -- Spans the Potomac River
between Alexandria and Oxon Hill in Prince George's County.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge -- Crosses the Potomac River
connecting Washington, D.C. with Virginia and I-66/U.S. Route 50
traffic.
Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge (Also known as the South
Capitol Street Bridge) carries South Capitol Street over the Anacostia
River in Washington, DC
Major Arteries
In DC: I-295 BW Parkway; 14th Street NW, 16th Street NW, 7th Street NW, K
Street NW; H Street NW, Wisconsin Avenue, M Street NW, H Street NE,
Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue, Independence Avenue,
Massachusetts Avenue, U Street NW, South Dakota Ave NE, North Capitol Street,
South Capitol Street, East Capitol Street, Georgia Avenue, Minnesota Avenue,
Benning Road, Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, New York Avenue, Rhode Island
Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue; Connecticut Avenue
In Virginia: I-95; I-395; I-495; I-66; US 50; US 29 (Lee Highway); Dulles Toll

Road (VA 267); Route 28; Fairfax County Parkway; G.W. Parkway
In Maryland: I-95; I-495; I-370 (Gaithersburg); I-270; US 50/301; Georgia
Avenue (DC/MD); MD 29 (Colesville Road); MD 355 (Rockville Pike); MD 410
(East-West Highway); US-1 (College Park); New Hampshire Ave MD-DC; MD 210
(Oxon Hill); I-295 BW Parkway; MD 200 ICC