As early as 4:30 a.m. on weekdays, John Lovegrove can spot the traffic backup building on Route 9 in Loudoun County, Virginia.
It usually lasts until around 9:30 a.m., but then at 2 p.m., it picks back up again and resumes until the evening rush is over, around 6:30 p.m., he said.
When a stretch of Route 9 was closed while traffic calming measures were put in place near Hillsboro, commuters discovered nearby north-south roads, including Cider Mill Road, where Lovegrove lives…