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Category: Transportation

Jul 31, 2014 
 

Week 1 of Parkageddon

Parkageddon Tysons
As an ongoing effort to document and archive the horror that has befallen our town of Tysons, Parkageddon, we are starting a weekly discussion on how parking is going around town. So far there have been a couple of anecdotal disturbances in neighborhoods (can count them on one hand) of people taking the cheap way […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Parkageddon Tysons
Jul 29, 2014 
 

No More Excuses In Tysons: Status Quo Threatens Safety

For several years transportation officials, planners, and Fairfax County leaders have known that the Silver Line would be a reality, and that pedestrian improvements would be necessary to make sure people could safely use the transit line. After a nearly 9 month delay, County officials are now telling us there wasn’t enough time? Residents and […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 28, 2014 
 

Silver Line Opening In Tysons

It’s been a long time coming, and at times a frustrating process, but finally Tysons has rail with the opening of the Silver Line. Luminaries, both those who helped the project and those who attempted to shut it down, were in attendance at the grand opening. While much of the focus was at the terminus […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 23, 2014 
 

Silver Line Opens This Week But Infrastructure Still Missing In Tysons

Lack of bus stops on North Westpark Drive
By now everyone has had their fill of stories about the opening of the Silver Line this week… by the way have you heard the Silver Line is opening this weekend? And as a shout out to the best transportation reporter in our area (Martin DiCaro) #heydidyouhereyoucannotparkattheSilverLinestationsinTysons. Less than a week to go before the Silver […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Lack of bus stops on North Westpark Drive
Jul 22, 2014 
 

Westpark Transit Center, Stripped and Under Construction

Once the Silver Line starts the Westpark Transit Center will go from having several buses utilizing it for time checks to a single bus system. And a week before that date, the center is looking like a ghost town and construction site. We’ve reached out in an attempt to get the story behind the work, […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 16, 2014 
 

Phase One of the Silver Line brings service changes to Tysons Area Airport Users

One of the advantages that was advertised with the Silver Line was to bring was better access to Tysons Corner and eventually Dulles Airport.  However as the new service changes are being promoted for Phase One of the Silver Line opening, ironically it seems that the two transportation areas that are supposed to benefit the […]
by redfood737
Jul 15, 2014 
 

WMATA’s Beautiful Silver Line Fountains

Silver Line Metro drainage issue
During a particular heavy, but fairly common, DC area rain storm, I happened upon the previously undiscovered Grand Fountains of Metro sculpture, hovering 40 feet above traffic in Tysons. Who knew Bechtel had such master craftsman skills to create what will surely be one of the modern wonders of the world? The Grand Fountains of […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Silver Line Metro drainage issue
Jul 14, 2014 
 

Bicycle/Pedestrian Improvements for Idylwood Road and Chain Bridge Begins 2015

Idylwood Road According to VDOT website, it appears that they are making bicycle and pedestrian improvements not only for Idylwood Road but also on Chain Bridge Road. The purpose is to provide safer bicycle and pedestrian access to both areas.  “On Idylwood Road, a five-foot wide sidewalk will be constructed on the south side of […]
by myfairfaxville
Jul 10, 2014 
 

Community curious about North Tysons Circulator routes

At the Ask Fairfax online discussion, no less than 4 questions were asking about the same problem… Where are the bus stops for the new circulator routes going to be in North Tysons? It seems that the discussion group was unprepared to offer any answers and didn’t fully acknowledge the question at first, but eventually said […]
by redfood737
Jul 08, 2014 
 

Online Town Hall Next Friday

At TheTysonsCorner.com we want to foster dialogue in the community about changes, what is needed, places for improvement, and problem areas around town that we can then organize and communicate to planners and leaders in Fairfax County. So on July 18th we are holding the first (and hopefully not the last) online town hall discussion […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar