BRAC Traffic Issues Improve in Barcroft Neighborhood

Efforts by residents to reduce traffic headaches in the Barcroft neighborhood appear to have paid off. Residents report that the increase in shuttle buses for government workers affected by BRAC has...

Man Found Dead in Rosslyn

(Updated at 11:20 a.m.) A parking attendant was found dead in Rosslyn this morning. A security guard found the man without a pulse and not breathing at the entrance to a garage at the Waterview...

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Installed at Mall

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning to unveil four electric vehicle charging stations that have been installed in the Pentagon City mall parking garage. Arlington County Board Chairman...

Electronic iPark Devices Available Again

Arlington County has quietly started offering iPark devices again. The iPark is an electronic gadget that allows you to pay for parking in Arlington by pressing a button and hanging the device...

Parking Spots Converted to Grassy Lounge in Rosslyn

For today only, Artisphere (1101 Wilson Blvd) has converted two street parking spaces into a small urban oasis of grass and modern designer furniture. The outdoor installation is Arlington's entry...

Artisphere Plans Parking Space Party

Rosslyn's Artisphere (1101 Wilson Blvd) is planning to transform two parking spaces outside the cultural center into a "tranquil lounge space" on Friday. The event is being held as part PARK(ing)...

Morning Notes

County to Label Building Energy Use -- In October, Arlington will start installing signs on county-owned building that will reveal the building's energy use and carbon footprint. "We'd like...

Boot Bandit Busted in Courthouse

It was a bold move -- trying to defeat a county parking boot just steps away from Arlington police headquarters in Courthouse. Unfortunately for the driver accused of attempting it, cops caught...

BRAC Traffic Prompts Concerns for Barcroft Residents

Barcroft residents are carefully watching the influx of some 1,200 government workers into their neighborhood as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Act. Some neighbors are calling for...

Morning Poll: Parking Rate Increases

Parking is getting more expensive in Arlington. Starting today, parking rates are going up by 25 cents. The hourly long-term meter rate is increasing from $0.75 to $1.00 while the hourly...

Meeting Tonight to Discuss Art Along Crystal City Transitway

A new bus transitway is coming to Crystal City and Potomac Yard, and planners are asking for the public's help to decide what kind of art should be placed along the route. To that end, a public...

Towing in Shirlington Village?

Sun Gazette Editor Scott McCaffrey wrote on his blog today that he recently witnessed cars being towed and license plates recorded in the Campbell parking garage in Shirlington. That would be a...

Lyon Villagers Press County Officials On Parking, Traffic Issues

Residents of the quiet neighborhoods that surround Arlington's urban villages have a very peculiar relationship with the automobile. At least, that's the conclusion one could draw based on citizen...

Lyon Village Parking Restrictions In the Works?

What started as a fight over planned parking restrictions on one Lyon Park street seems to be spreading. Last week, residents of N. Danville Street and several other Lyon Village streets noticed...

List of Clarendon Streets Zoned Until the Wee Hours

Our blurb about extended zone parking hours in the Clarendon area has provoked quite a response. In fact, as of this writing it has received 337 comments and counting, an ARLnow.com record. For...