Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Virginia

Highway Boondoggles Part VI: Martinsville’s Big Miss

By Matt Casale, James Horrox and Bryn Huxley-Reicher | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Martinsville Southern Connector is a classic waste of money that will hurt an historic community.

Family-Friendly Design Shouldn’t Stop At The Corner

By Hanna Brooks Olsen | Jan 28, 2022 | No Comments

A viral tweet about a newly-remodeled Virginia library earned praise on social media for its computer workstations outfitted with small, enclosed areas for folks who are caring for young children. But as another Twitter user pointed out, the library’s family-friendly design effectively ends at the front door.

Don't make people sit through this to get to work if they don't have to. Image: Timbo999, Pixabay,

Virginia Snowstorm Nightmare Highlights Need For Better Transportation Policy

By Kea Wilson | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments

A record-breaking snowstorm that left countless drivers, including a U.S. senator, stranded overnight on a Virginia highway has some advocates questioning the region's auto-centric transportation system.

National Landing in Northern Virginia, where the local business improvement district wants to convert an elevated highway that divides National Landing’s downtown into a walkable boulevard with narrower lanes and slower car speeds. Image: Sblover99/Wikipedia, CC

Op-Ed: Will States and Feds Let Cities Tame Urban Highways?

By Scott Beyer | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

Urban highways are a fixture of city life in the U.S. — but much of the time cities don’t control them. Could that change?

Mount Vernon Bike Path in Arlington, Va. Image: <a href=COVID may have sparked a bike boom across America, but in one city, the biggest and safest explosions specifically happened on paths protected from drivers — and U.S. communities should prioritize building more of them, even if the Delta variant doesn't send the U.S. back into lockdown soon, a new study suggests. Image: Walk Arlington

Study: Protected Bike Paths Saved Lives During COVID

By Kea Wilson | Aug 10, 2021 | No Comments

COVID sparked a bike boom across America, but the experience from one Virginia city shows that communities should prioritize building more protected bike lanes and off-road cycle tracks, virus or no virus, a new study suggests.

Interstate 95 winds past Main Street Station in Richmond, Virginia. Photo: Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury

Slowing Down Virginia Drivers

By Wyatt Gordon | Jul 21, 2021 | No Comments

Controversies around equitable enforcement and the political unpopularity of speeding cameras mean that no one can say what Virginia's new road-safety program will look like when details are debuted this fall.

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