Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Virginia

Zig Zag Road Striping Calms Traffic in Virginia

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 20, 2015 | 6 Comments

At 11 points in northern Virginia, the familiar straight dashed lines on the road gives way to a series of zig zags. The unusual markings, the result of a pilot project from the Virginia Department of Transportation, are meant to alert drivers to be cautious where the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail intersects with the road — […]

People Won’t Ride the Tysons Corner Metro If They Can’t Walk to Stations

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 5, 2015 | 2 Comments

A year after the Washington Metro opened the Silver Line in Northern Virginia, apartment rentals are booming and development is roaring ahead. But Martin Di Caro of WAMU reported Monday that the Metro itself isn’t meeting expectations: Only 17,000 riders board the Silver Line on a typical weekday, a figure that includes more than 9,100 […]

Parking Madness 2015 Elite Eight: Newport News vs. Syracuse

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2015 | 5 Comments

Yesterday, Camden knocked off Detroit in Parking Madness, giving the Garden State the first spot in our Final Four. Today’s match pairs up dreadful parking expanses in Newport News and Syracuse, and it’s up to you to tell us which is the worst. Syracuse That right there is the picture that put Syracuse over the top in its first-round matchup […]

Will Arlington Streetcar Foes Support BRT Instead?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 19, 2014 | No Comments

Arlington’s streetcar plans are kaput. Photo: Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization News broke yesterday that Arlington, Virginia, is abandoning plans for a 7-mile streetcar along Columbia Pike. Proponents had advanced the streetcar for more than a decade and had secured some $65 million in state support for the $333 million project. But this month’s election delivered […]

The Koch Brothers’ War on Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 25, 2014 | 52 Comments

Transit advocates around the country were transfixed by a story in Tennessee this April, when the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity made a bid to pre-emptively kill Nashville bus rapid transit. It was an especially brazen attempt by Charles and David Koch’s political network to strong-arm local transportation policy makers. But it was far from […]

Fixing a Blank Wall Streetscape With Storefront Retrofits

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2014 | 20 Comments

Every city has places where the buildings present a blank face to the sidewalk. A dark, recessed arcade deadening the pedestrian environment or a soulless concrete wall fronting a windswept plaza. Consultant Brent Toderian, formerly the planning director for the city of Vancouver, pointed out a cheap and easy solution to this problem. He calls them […]

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