Virginia Buys Manassas Line from NS for Passenger Rail
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller: "(The line) will provide tremendous value to the Commonwealth—particularly Northern Viriginia—by not only supporting intercity rail, but also enabling VRE to implement night and weekend service to better meet customer demand. The deal achieves all of this while saving nearly $100 million.”
Fairfax County reveals next 10 schools to get speed cameras
"A speed survey conducted this past February found that all eight of the original school zones were seeing average speeds under 30 mph, a notable drop from pre-pilot speeds...“In pre-pilot surveys, it was noted that thousands of drivers exceeded the speed limit by more than 10 mph during a sample period in the tested school zones”
#Virginia #SpeedCameras #TrafficCalming
https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/08/19/fairfax-county-reveals-next-10-schools-to-get-speed-cameras/
Arlington looks to curb crashes caused by fast left turns with new pilot program
"Hardened centerlines are designed to make intersections safer for pedestrians by encouraging drivers to make wider, “safer and more predictable” left turns at slower speeds"
From the comments: "If they don't want folks flying through intersections maybe they shouldn't call it "pilot program" 😂
Fairfax County, Virginia drops some road widening projects from long-term, regional plan
And here's another one!
"transportation plan that no longer includes widenings of Route 29 in the Merrifield area, New Braddock Road...at the same time, the county added some projects, including Orange and Yellow Line Metrorail extensions and the Route 7 bus rapid transit (BRT) system, that it hopes will pave the way for a less car-centric future."
A mid-century relic of Virginia’s pedestrian infrastructure, next to the church-gas station, is coming down this summer
"One of Rosslyn’s few remaining skywalks is set to come down as part of an effort to realize a walkable corridor from one end of the neighborhood to the other...demolishing a skywalk over N. Nash Street, near the Arlington Temple United Methodist Church building and Sunoco gas station dubbed “Our Lady of Exxon.”