A Northern Virginia native, Scott McCaffrey has four decades of reporting, editing and newsroom experience in the local area plus Florida, South Carolina and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. He spent 26 years as editor of the Sun Gazette newspaper chain. For Local News Now, he covers government and civic issues in Arlington, Fairfax County and Falls Church.
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A proposal to prioritize buses on portions of two major Falls Church roadways prompted plenty of questions from City Council members at a recent meeting.
The concept delivered to city leaders was “Business Access and Transit Lanes,” or BAT. It allows drivers to use bus-priority lanes only for making right turns or accessing businesses along the route.
