On December 2, 2024, VBF Board Member Allen Muchnick delivered a public statement at Northern Virginia’s joint annual transportation public meeting before senior representatives of the six state and regional transportation agencies identified above. VDOT's Northern Virginia District, which comprises Virginia's Planning District 8, is uniquely required by state law [...]
Multi-lane urban and suburban arterial roads--which plague many Virginia communities--are dangerous and hostile for pedestrians and bicyclists. How can we make these roads safer? That’s the theme of this virtual panel discussion on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7 p.m., sponsored by our friends at the Fairfax Alliance for Better [...]
Car Free Day Metro DC, organized by the Commuter Connections program of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, is back this year on Thursday, September 22, 2022. Use Transit, Carpool/Vanpool (Car-Lite), Bike, Scooter, Walk, or Telework Take the pledge, even if you’re already car free. Car Free Day is a [...]
The Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) will host a Northern Virginia Recreational Trails Summit on Thursday, October 20, 2022 from 10 am to 2:30 pm at its offices at 3040 Williams Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax VA 22031. This will be a working meeting to identify opportunities to create connections and [...]
Registration is now open for Metropolitan Washington’s Bike to Work Day 2022 on Friday, May, 20. This FREE event features roughly 100 pit stops in DC, MD, and VA, each with FREE giveaways, food, and beverages, while supplies last. The first 15,000 who register for the event online and arrive [...]
The Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following news release on November 22, 2021: RELEASE: CONTACT: IMMEDIATE Kathleen Leonard, VDOT | 703-638-9115 Haley Glynn, DRPT | 804-351-6647 Karen Finucan Clarkson, VRE | 571-255-0931 Erica Hawksworth, NVTA | 571-355-4661 Mathew Friedman, NVTC | 571-457-9516 NOVA-184807 Nov. 22, 2021 Learn about Agency [...]
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) is now undertaking its periodic (5-year) update of TransAction, its long-range multimodal regional transportation plan for all of Northern Virginia. According to NVTA, TransAction is intended to guide the development of “safe, equitable, and sustainable transportation projects over a 20-year time frame.” The two-year [...]
