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Report Shows More Commuters Using Cars in Alexandria Despite City Requirements

Published December 23, 2019 at 2:00PM

While more property owners have signed on to plans to shift Alexandria’s workforce to car-free, a report on those plans showed an increasing percentage of workers and residents in new developments driving alone compared to last year.

Some commercials and residential developments are required to have plans to get employees or residents to use non-car transportation to commute. These plans are called Transportation Management Plans (TMPs) and there are currently 75 developments in Alexandria with TMPs.

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Happy Holidays from Alexandria Police: Parking is Free on Wednesday

By Vernon Miles

Published December 23, 2019 at 9:45AM

A parking meter in Old Town Alexandria on King Street

Parking at metered spaces will be free throughout the city on Christmas Day this week.

The police will not be enforcing parking restrictions at metered spaces, residential permit parking districts, and other areas with parking time limits on Wednesday (Dec. 25), according to the city’s website.

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VDOT Change Could Put Alexandria Bus and Bicycle-Pedestrian Improvements at Risk

By Vernon Miles

Published November 26, 2019 at 2:05PM

A cyclist in Del Ray (Staff photo by Jay Westcott)

After years of relying on the Virginia’s SMART SCALE grant program to fund transportation projects, changes in the program’s scoring criteria could leave that well dry for Alexandria.

At a Transportation Commission meeting on Monday, Nov. 20, city staff warned that new criteria under consideration by the Commonwealth Transportation Board could shift transportation funding away from existing urban centers like Alexandria and instead favor less dense locales.

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West End Transitway Moving Forward Without Dedicated Bus Lanes

By Vernon Miles

Published November 20, 2019 at 11:45AM

West End Transitway flyer with dedicated bus lanes (image via City of Alexandria)

A long-planned bus rapid transit network (BRT) that would run through Alexandria’s West End is moving forward early next year, though the dedicated bus lanes featured prominently in the conceptual stage might not make it into the initial designs.

The city’s vision for the West End Transitway is a series of transit improvements to create a reliable, accessible bus line that would run from the Van Dorn Metro station to the Pentagon, hitting West End destinations that aren’t accessible by Metro, like the Mark Center, Southern Towers, and the perhaps soon-to-be-redeveloped Landmark Mall.

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Morning Notes

By ALXnow.com

Published November 18, 2019 at 7:30AM

Stolen Vehicle Prompts Police Helo — “The Alexandria Police Department stopped a stolen vehicle in the 3000 block of King Street. A helicopter has been requested to assist.” [Twitter/@AlexandriaVAPD]

Route 7 Bus Lanes Planned — “New plans for rapid bus stations and bus lanes along Route 7 in Northern Virginia show the changes that could come to the busy commuter route over the next decade. A new conceptual engineering report lays out 18 specific bus rapid station locations from Tysons to Alexandria.” [WTOP]