Opinion | ALXnow

Poll: Should the City Rethink the Seminary Road Diet?

Published January 14, 2020 at 9:30AM | Updated February 5, 2020 at 3:27PM

Traffic on Seminary Road as of 8:45 a.m. Tuesday (via Google Maps)

Three months after a portion of Seminary Road was re-paved and re-striped to reduce it from two vehicular lanes in each direction to one lane, a turn lane and bike lanes, the debate over the “road diet” still rages on.

On the now-private Alexandria Residents Against the Seminary Road Diet Facebook group, numerous posts per day bemoan the state of rush hour traffic along Seminary Road, report on cut-through traffic on nearby roads, and rip Mayor Justin Wilson for his support of the project. (Wilson, a member of the group, often politely replies to the invective.)

Poll: What Should Alexandria’s Top New Year’s Resolution Be?

By Vernon Miles

Published January 3, 2020 at 10:15AM

People in Alexandria have been setting their goals for the new year, so why shouldn’t they have goals for their city?

There are dozens of issues affecting Alexandrians. These issues are not mutually exclusive, but if you had to pick one priority for the powers that be in Alexandria to focus on, what would it be? What upcoming local topics are you most interested in?

Poll: What Do You Think of Alexandria’s Glass Recycling Decision?

By ALXnow.com

Published December 16, 2019 at 9:55AM | Updated December 16, 2019 at 10:19AM

Last week it was announced that Alexandria would follow in the footsteps of neighboring jurisdictions in discontinuing curbside glass collection in recycling bins.

Glass will still be recycled and reused, but only if you drop it off at a designated collection bin. Otherwise, starting Jan. 15 glass will go into the trash and wind up where it had been going anyhow, since China closed its doors to the world’s refuse and the market for glass recycling evaporated: a landfill.

Poll: What Types of Stories Would You Like to See ALXnow Cover More Often?

By ALXnow.com

Published December 5, 2019 at 9:55AM

ALXnow has been reporting on Alexandria for just over two months, but it’s never too early to think about ways we could better serve our readers.

While we can see in our analytics how many people read any given story, it is hard to discern patterns with only a couple of months of data. So today we are asking you: what types of stories would you like to read more of on the site?

Send Us Your Letters to the Editor

By ALXnow.com

Published November 7, 2019 at 12:45PM

Alexandria City Hall (staff photo by Kalina Newman)

ALXnow has been publishing for just over a month now, but there’s something missing from our site — you.

Whether you have an opinion on something happening at City Hall or on your street, we want to hear it. You can send Letters to the Editor for consideration to [email protected]. Please keep the length to under 500 words and be sure to include your name and where in Alexandria you live.