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Category: Transportation

Aug 25, 2015 
 

New Bike Lanes Popping Up Around North Tysons

This summer VDOT had plans to repave many of the roadways in Tysons. They took that opportunity to implement some changes to striping and lane delineation in the most residential portions of Tysons, including the North Tysons neighborhood where large empty roadways make for dangerous intersections and bike paths. The summer is nearly complete and […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Aug 19, 2015 
 

MWAA Set To Correct ADA Access, VDOT Misses the Point

In case you haven’t heard the latest in the saga that is the construction of the Silver Line metro, MWAA and Bechtel will be replacing several of the one year old sidewalk curb ramps that were installed as part of the construction of the Silver Line. These are entirely located along Route 123 and Route […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Aug 05, 2015 
 

Three Articles Provide Varying Views on State of Tysons

If you haven’t read the local news lately there has been a heated debate going on about whether the Silverline and Tysons are a failure, one year after the open of the Silverline Phase 1. The genesis of the debate was the ridership data released by WMATA about the new line in comparison to the […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 29, 2015 
In Review

What’s Happening In Tysons

InTysons today: VDOT has plans in place to remove an egregious double turn lane, new bike lane and road diet on Park Run. A new land owner comes into the Tysons submarket, and a simple downed pole shuts down all access to Tysons from the south. Dangerous Intersections Being Addressed It took a few years, […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 24, 2015 
 

Rush Hour In Tysons, Still Too Much Pavement

When commuters talk about Tysons the number one thing that always comes up is how rough the traffic in Tysons can be. This has been so often repeated, by commuters and news sources, that it has become common knowledge; to question it would be akin to heretics. I’m not going to say congestion for commuter is a […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 10, 2015 
 

Around the Corner

Today in Around the Corner: Wegmans returns to Tysons for plans on a future store, Scotts Run Station North gets a final nod, Tysons new mini-library, and a much needed interim cross walk installed on Anderson Road. [vc_row type=”” top_margin=”none”][vc_column width=”1/3″ top_margin=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1431604695256{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #e87620 !important;}”][vc_column_text] Just When You Thought They Were Gone, Wegmans Gets […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 07, 2015 
 

Route 423 – Central Tysons: Quick and Useful

When the Silver Line started last year the most glaring deficiency I saw in the proposed transit network in Tysons was the proposed 423 bus route. In September I broke down all the problems with the 423 route. The fact that from the most populous portion of North Tysons one can walk to Tysons Corner […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 04, 2015 
 

Tysons Bus Circulators Get New Routes

It’s been a couple of weeks since the Fairfax County Connector service in Tysons underwent a re-routing of the new circulator service that began only a year ago. Almost immediately after the new Tysons circulators began service last July it was obvious that the routes would not function. Changes during the planning of the circulator […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
May 08, 2015 
 

Westpark Drive Gets Long Awaited Speed Limit Reduction

It took several years of complaining, a few discussions with VDOT engineers, and a lot of community concurrence but Westpark Drive is officially a 35 mph road. The 4 lane road is a central corridor for residents of North Central Tysons, the most densely populated residential district of Tysons. For years the road has had […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Mar 26, 2015 
 

Forgotten Tysons Transit Users Resort To Self-Furnishing

Perhaps the most indicting image of Tysons is a bus stop, without a bench, with two make shift lawn chairs for seating. Something as simple as a bus shelter is evidently too much to ask for from Fairfax County. Here, on the corner of Westpark Drive and Park Run Drive, 4000 residents and thousands of […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar