As the school year draws closer, lawmakers are pleading with drivers to slow down, and some jurisdictions are going as far as putting up new signage and.
Nearly two months after a pair of Oakton High School students lost their lives as they were walking home from school, changes are coming to the Blake Lane area of Fairfax County.
Fairfax County, Virginia - Fairfax County’s first “traffic gardens” at the Graham Road Community Building serves as a place that mimics real-life street conditions and that’s out of harm’s way.
Proponents talk big about the transformation of Tysons into a walkable urbanizing area built around public transportation. But Census data shows that Tysons isn’t quite there yet.
The number of people commuting by public transportation did rise since 2010, from 6 to 11%. Today (pre-pandemic), the proportion of people commuting by public transportation is slightly higher than the county as a whole.
But the far greater number has remained remarkably steady: more than 70% of Tysons residents commute to work in a vehicle alone. Even after the opening of four Metro stations in Tysons, that number has barely budged.
There are still a lot of unknowns that could affect Tysons 2050 goal of more than 113 million square feet of development. Metro’s Tysons Corner station recently dropped the “corner” from its namesake, and transit during the pandemic is still vulnerable to budget and service cuts, even with some COVID-19 relief funds in sight. How this could impact housing and develop