Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Virginia

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.

Virginia Policy Could End Jaywalking Stops

By Kea Wilson | Jan 4, 2021 | No Comments

A new Virginia law will prohibit police from utilizing one of the most outrageous pretexts to harass people of color: walking in the street outside of a designated crosswalk.

A rendering of Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia — parking not shown.

Why is Parking at the Heart of Amazon’s HQ2?

By Julie Zimmerman | Nov 15, 2019 | No Comments

Amazon wants employees at its new Northern Virginia headquarters to commute car-free to work. So why does the current design include a 2,000-space parking garage? An American tale.

Transit ridership improved in the second quarter of the year thanks to passengers returning to the New York and DC subway systems. Image: Thomas Hawk

Urban Transit Systems are Adding Riders (Mostly)

By Aaron Short | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

You asked for a deep dive on transit ridership numbers — you got it!

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