Schools

Families at several Arlington schools are joining thousands around the country in a celebration of walking and biking to school.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) is National Walk & Roll to School Day, an annual event encouraging families to get outside and choose physical activity to get to school, when possible.


News

Two studies on traffic safety on Carlin Springs Road are expected to kick off next month.

County officials are planning two separate evaluations:


News

The bike and pedestrian trail across the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge is closing next week and is not expected to reopen for a year.

The closure takes effect Monday, Sept. 21, as the bridge’s rehabilitation moves into its next phase, according to a District Department of Transportation advisory. DDOT anticipates reopening the trail in September 2027.


Events

Some routes between Arlington and D.C. will be impacted by a bike ride this weekend.

The 10th annual D.C. Bike Ride will mostly take place in the District on Saturday, but will take two detours across the Potomac, according to a list of road closures.


News

For the second time in less than a week, a person was struck and injured at an intersection along Wilson Blvd in Bluemont.

The latest happened Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. George Mason Drive, less than a mile from the scene of last week’s crash involving a cyclist at the intersection of Wilson and N. Lexington Street.


Around Town

Falls Church covers just 2.1 square miles, but some local cyclists are about to ride 56 miles without leaving the city limits.

Bikenetic Full Service Bike Shop is hosting an event this Saturday that invites bicyclists to navigate a course that goes down every street in the Little City.


News

A man on a bike was injured in a crash along Wilson Blvd in the Bluemont neighborhood this afternoon.

The incident happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the intersection with N. Lexington Street. Initial reports suggest that a driver struck the cyclist in the intersection, sending him hurtling to the ground.


News

A new analysis calls for a more concentrated approach to upgrading Arlington’s bicycling facilities.

Reid Unison, a transportation service planner at Amtrak, analyzed bike usage data in Arlington as part of a master’s degree project. His findings supported improvements to a limited number of key bicycle corridors, rather than a more scattershot approach.


Around Town

A potential partnership between an Arlington bicycle race and one of the world’s largest cycling event organizers received a shoutout during weekend coverage of the Tour de France.

NBC sideline reporter Steve Porino referred to negotiations between the Amazon Armed Forces Cycling Classic and the Amaury Sports Organization, which owns and operates the Tour de France.


News

Two Falls Church intersections — one a major crossroads, the other somewhat less expected — accounted for a large portion of the city’s collisions in 2025.

Of 134 crashes recorded in the city last year, 42 took place at the intersection of Washington Street and E. Broad Street, according to the Falls Church Police Department’s annual report. That’s almost 1 in 3.


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County officials are preparing for the final phase of a nearly 20-year effort to improve conditions for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists along Wilson Blvd.

“The goal is to start in late summer — late July or sometime in August,” said Gabriela Kock, the county government’s project manager for the streetscape project.


Events

Cycling pros and enthusiasts will be hitting the streets of Arlington this weekend for the return of the Amazon Armed Forces Cycling Classic.

The event, now in its 28th year, will include two days of races on Saturday and Sunday, benefiting the nonprofit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) — and bringing some road closures.


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