Category: Transportation

Whether you are in support of or against the metro parking in Tysons, the temporary lot being built with non-public funds is looking complete and ready for a Silver Line opening day of July 26th (please?). The parking lot, the former aging headquarters of MITRE which were abandoned years ago, will have 700 temporary parking […]

The past two years have been a tumultuous period for Metro in the greater Washington region. Critics have attacked them for wastefully spending funds on expansions while not providing a comprehensive enough system. Weekly maintenance and repairs on the system, a planned effort that will hopefully update the network for the next generation of operation, […]

When Walkscore began a few years ago, it had a simple mission, give people more information about something that had previously been immeasurable, walkability. The database used metrics of both physical walk access like walksheds, pedestrian access, and block layout to see how easy it is to literally move from one point to another, but […]

In March we announced the preliminary completion of Tysons’s first block of new road grid, enveloping the Ascent high rise off of Springhill Road. The completion of the road signaled nothing functionally and everything potentially and at its core it exemplifies why planning between projects is necessary. Without this needed planning each property would continue […]