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Bike to Work Day

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May 17, 2013
Photo of bike commute via flickr Seth W.

If you didn’t hear today was Bike to Work Day, an annual event that challenges commuters to find a way out of the car and reconnected to the neighborhood via two wheels. If you did hear about Bike to Work Day, and participated, we want to know how it went. Did you face any...
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Tysons Bus Routes Show Lack of Concern For Existing Residents

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April 15, 2013
Bus Meeting In Vienna To Discuss New Fairfax Connector Service

In February we noted that some of the bus routes for Tysons Circulator, which is meant to make the area more livable, were clearly prioritized for commuter benefit and not for the 17,000 residents who call Tysons home. It was obvious from the reduction of bus service in Northern Tysons, a densely populated part of...
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Scotts Run Park: Where Is It and What Could It Be?

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March 26, 2013
Scotts Run Park in Tysons, click to enlarge

After some confusion with Fairfax County Parks (I received a twitter saying there are no plans to provide any activated zones in Scotts Run Nature Preserve) I thought I’d provide a bit of information about what I think is an opportunity with the Scotts Run Station Plan. First things first, the confusion. Scotts Run...
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Rendezvous Event at Mosaic

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March 23, 2013
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Pop Up Construction Getting Legitimate Chance By Board Of Supervisors?

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March 20, 2013
Nats Stadium Fairgrounds, photo by Danspix

This past weekend the Washington Post ran a very well formed story by Corinne Reilly (not surprising as she is a very talented local reporter) about both the complications and benefits coming from the opening of Silver Line in Tysons. She portrayed a very fair view of how more people (not the way they...
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Post Your Snowquester Photos

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March 6, 2013
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Around the Corner

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February 5, 2013
Electric Bus Operated in Seoul Korea, click to enlarge

Around the corner today; Last night’s Vienna transit meeting for the future Fairfax Connector routes in and around Tysons was a lot more productive than the one in McLean. The generational gap was far less and included many different people of many different backgrounds providing their opinion on where service is needed, and in...
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Packed House at McLean Transit Meeting

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February 1, 2013
Dolley Madison Library

Public meetings can be a powder keg at times. You never know what the issue de jour will be. However the process is necessary, though painful to watch at times, in order to hammer out areas of a plan that will be unpopular and opposed at the time of implementation. Last night’s meeting on...
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Fairfax Connector Proposal Breakdown: McLean/Tysons – Part 2

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January 30, 2013
EV Bus, click to enlarge

If you missed the announcement by Fairfax County, Fairfax County Connector will be holding 2 weeks of public opinion sessions on the new realignment and routes associated with the opening of the Silver Line Phase 1. The first session will be this Thursday and focus on McLean and Tysons. In an effort to prepare...
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Fairfax Connector Proposal Breakdown: McLean/Tysons – Part 1

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January 29, 2013
Bus Stop by Elvert Barnes

We posted last night Fairfax County Connector will be holding 2 weeks of public opinion sessions on the new realignment and routes associated with the opening of the Silver Line Phase 1. The first session will be this Thursday and focus on McLean and Tysons. In an effort to prepare interested citizens on the...
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Proposed Fairfax Connector Realignments Coming

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January 29, 2013
OrionBus

We are currently working on our review of the proposed modifications, additions, and in the case of 6 redundant routes, removals of bus service in store for the opening of the Silver Line later this year. For those of you not aware, the public will have 6 opportunities to provide comments to Fairfax County...
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