Warner calls for rehabbing GW Parkway
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is calling on Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to grant the National Park Service’s (NPS) grant application to secure $126 million…
Transportation
New express bus service from Vienna Metro to the Pentagon
Beginning January 22, Fairfax Connector’s newest express Route 698 will provide non-stop service from the Vienna Metrorail Station to the Pentagon. This route is supported by the Commuter Choice Program and I-66 toll revenues….
A sidewalk grows in Tysons
You know you’re in the suburbs when a new sidewalk is a big deal. But such is the case in Tysons, where a new sidewalk…
Metro to allow bikes on trains during rush hours
Starting next week, Metro customers will be able to bring their bikes with them on the train – at any time – as Metro ends…
VDOT to discuss plans for widening Fairfax County Parkway
The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Monday, Jan. 7 (if cancelled due to inclement weather, the meeting will be Monday,…
Dulles Toll Road rates going up next week
Dulles Toll Road users will have to dig a big deeper starting next week. Our content partner Tysons Reporter notes that rates will go from…
DC banning right turn on red at 100 intersections
Pedestrian deaths are rising throughout the Washington area and local agencies are trying various methods to slow the slaughter. The measures include “hardened” crosswalks and,…
More than half of Metro tunnels now wired for cell, data service
Today Metro and the nation’s leading wireless carriers, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless announced that more than half of Metro’s tunnels are now wired…
Plan calls for transforming downtown McLean
Whether you call them traffic circles or roundabouts, they’re popping up everywhere in Northern Virginia lately, and downtown McLean may soon be hosting one of…
New bridge carries Backlick Road across CSX Railroad tracks
The new Backlick Road bridge over CSX Railroad located just north of Cinder Bed Road is now open to traffic, according to the Virginia Department…