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thonhazz@clark.net (Jonathan Hazzard) writes:
>   Metro Traffic does at least a reasonable job, reporting all dispatched
>emergencies and most of the major tie-ups, but in my opinion, WTOP has by
>far the best coverage.  During rush hour, they typically have two aircraft
>and four reporters around the city watching traffic.  It seems that their
>information is more timely and more thorough.  And what's more, the

I have listened to the communications between Bob Marburg
and his minions to get an inside peek at how he
does things. (I don't think much of Marburg's reports
or style, you will find.)

He routinely gives these kids tongue-lashings for
reporting on things which "everybody knows about
anyway", meaning that the listener should know that the
Beltway is slow at River Road everyday, therefore
WTOP reports on it will be rote and valueless.
This does nothing for the driver who is not
intimately familiar with traffic patterns around here.

This is Marburg's philosophy on most of the reports.
If it is a typical problem area, it gets little
treatment; what mention the area does receive
is based on conjecture and is likely not accurate.

Example: after spending enough time in a 5MPH backup
on the Inner Loop past River Road and I270, I exited
at Old Georgetown Road to go cross-country. Meanwhile,
Marburg robotically reported that "the Inner Loop
in Montgomery County is moving without incident".
This while my scanner told me about the "incident"
at the Mormon Temple responsible for the non-moving
traffic.

I glean what information I can from as many sources
as possible to piece it together myself.

There is Metro Traffic Control, Shadow Traffic (MTC's
new competitors), WTOP, Walt Starling, and perhaps
others.

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