Links to Maryland DOT traffic cameras:


Check the camera at I-70 at Mount Phillip Rd. at the tab labeled "Cameras By Route from I-70 at PA Line to I-695 at I-70." The convoy has made it that far at 11:45 a.m.

On Friday morning, the so-called “People’s Convoy” seemed to reveal a new goal for the right-wing trucker movement: Reclaim the two-block-long Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown Washington, D.C.

People’s Convoy Reveals Ridiculous New Goal: ‘Take Back’ BLM Plaza
During the right-wing trucker movement’s morning meeting on Friday, one leader pledged to “tar and feather” leaders in D.C.

After two full weeks in the DC metro area, truckers have achieved nothing besides: threatening to run over DC residents, saying they want to deface property, and wasting thousands of gallons of fuel.

Truckers with The People’s Convoy are back in DC proper but keep getting split up by red lights.

Gaetz: "Hold my Trapper Keeper & Axe, girls. Those red lights are for front porches only!"

POLITICS, TRANSIT, WHAT THE HELEN OF TROY IS THIS

Insult Meet Injury

Prince Of Petworth March 18, 2022 at 2:55pm



Thanks to Kate for sending: “Some of the truckers have made their way to Black Lives Matter Plaza.”

MAR 18, 6:43 PM

Police Blocks Trucker Convoy’s Route Into D.C., Tangling Interstate Traffic

Héctor Alejandro Arzate



he “People’s Convoy” makes its way around the I-495 Beltway in early March.

Tyrone Turner / DCist/WAMU

Interstates around D.C. were at nearly a standstill on Friday afternoon, as police responded to a convoy of truckers headed into the District.

The Metropolitan Police Department closed roads throughout the afternoon to try to contain the convoy, which has been headquartered at the Hagerstown Speedway for nearly two weeks and cruising around the District to protest pandemic restrictions. By 4:30 p.m., MPD tweeted that all road closures had been lifted.

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An MPD spokesperson told DCist/WAMU that there are no significant delays anticipated for the rest of the evening.

Throughout the afternoon, transit authorities and commuters across the region were reporting convoy-related delays on I-395, I-695, and I-295. The Virginia Department of Transportation told the Washington Post that delays stretched for a mile into Arlington. At one point, the convoy appeared to splinter into two groups, causing additional delays.

Though police have been blocking highways to keep trucks off District streets, some trucks in the convoy were spotted downtown and near the National Mall.

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