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Category: Transportation

Dec 01, 2014 
 

Crowd Source Pedestrian Improvements in Tysons

As a resident, commuter, or shopper in the Tysons area it can be disheartening that improvements for connectivity and safety have lagged far behind the completion of the Silver Line metro to town. There are signals of change in the air with officials and developers agreeing that changes need to be accelerated and trouble spots […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Oct 14, 2014 
 

Ovation Vertical Walk Park Complete

It’s not the pedestrian solution to walkability most North Tysons residents have been hoping for, but it is a start at least. The Ovation apartment park (and walkway) connecting Park Crest with sidewalks along Westpark Drive is complete and looking pretty good. Benches, water features, a winding path as well as a curved stair case […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Oct 10, 2014 
 

Capital One Street Grid Project Progressing

If you’ve taken the Silver Line through Tysons or driven on Route 123 recently you may have noticed the massive site work occurring on the Capital One campus on Colshire Drive. The project is part of the Capital One rezoning and is the first stage for the campus’ redevelopment which includes their ambitious 470′ new […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Oct 09, 2014 
 

Lack of crosswalks/ closed sidewalk

Anyone else troubled by the lack of crosswalks enabling walking to/from the metro safely?  My call to the County (Brigitte Hill at 703-324-9300) and email to WMATA have gone unanswered.  To make things worse, the Nouvelle building closed the only sidewalk and redirects walkers (with a handwritten sign) to cross at an intersection without a […]
by vkbrennan
Sep 22, 2014 
 

Car Free Day in Tysons

It’s car free day around the country, a day each year when some of us try to avoid using personal automobiles and instead navigate primarily vehicle based road designs created by our favorite people at the local DOT. For those of us in Tysons, it can be a harrowing task so we thought we’d open […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Sep 10, 2014 
 

Hit Or Miss Day For Tysons Planning Future

Yesterday WUSA9 and WAMU885 ran stories about the glut of car parking provided at the McLean station, an issue that the Board of Supervisors has spent inordinate amounts of time trying to negotiate with land owners, at times giving up other bargaining chips to do so. The lot is empty, as we have been reporting, […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Sep 03, 2014 
 

423 Bus Routing Shows Why Ridership Has Dropped

Transportation planning is not an easy thing to do. Politics, economics, physical reality, and a dozen other factors can take infrastructure that looks good on paper and render it unfeasible and at times diluted beyond recognition. Case in point, the 423 bus, one of three new circulators that are meant to serve the growing population […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Aug 22, 2014 
 

Month 2 of Parkageddon

Parkageddon Tysons
It’s time to once again return to the misery that has befallen our little city of Tysons, #parkageddon. For those of you unfamiliar Parkageddon involves the onslaught of the driving hordes searching for hours in town for a parking space because none was provided for the Silver Line metro. Of course, there were 700 spaces […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Parkageddon Tysons
Aug 13, 2014 
 

Plaza At One Tysons Metro Access Pending Construction Completion

We’ve been asked a few times about the second exit from the mezzanine level of the Tysons Corner metro station which is currently chained and gated. There is some confusion about where that will eventually lead, whether it will be public, and if it will help people avoid crossing the road below to get to the […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Aug 04, 2014