State Senate kills transportation bills for NoVa

David Sherfinski at the Washington Examiner reports that the Virginia State Senate was busy Monday:

A pair of bills aimed at tackling Northern Virginia's road congestion were killed by a Senate committee Monday, as well as one that would have given Gov. Bob McDonnell a long-coveted seat on Metro's board of directors. 
Proposals that would direct the Virginia Department of Transportation to use computer models to determine which Northern Virginia transportation projects would provide the most congestion relief, as well as divert available money to those projects, were rejected by the commonwealth's Senate Finance Committee.

This is the last week of Virginia's General Assembly as lawmakers work to finish their work in Richmond.