Arlington’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee plans to press local leaders on keeping crosswalks free of snow this winter.
The concern centers on plows piling snow in curb cuts where sidewalks meet crosswalks. Those mounds, if not removed immediately, can linger for weeks and make neighborhoods much harder to navigate on foot.
A series of events promoting safety on local trails kicked off today (Wednesday) in response to a rise in crashes and concerns around higher-speed vehicles.
The county and NOVA Parks offered safety tips and guidance on e-bikes, which are allowed on local trails but can be hazardous at high speeds, and e-motorcycles, which aren’t allowed on county trails at all.
Volunteer “ambassadors” could help expand efforts to reduce injuries on Arlington’s roads.
The proposal was rolled out Oct. 21 at the annual meeting of stakeholders connected to the county’s Vision Zero initiative, which aims to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on county roadways by 2030.
A proposed sidewalk in the Courthouse area has prompted debate among local residents, some of whom criticize the planned loss of parking spaces and trees.
County Board members on Oct. 17 voted to approve construction of a five-foot sidewalk along two blocks on the west side of N. Cleveland Street between 12th Street N. and Fairfax Drive.
A representative from the Virginia Department of Transportation this week defended the agency’s balance between prioritizing cars and other forms of transportation.
Heidi Mitter, VDOT’s bicycle-pedestrian planning coordinator, told members of Arlington’s Bicycle Advisory Committee and Pedestrian Advisory Committee that VDOT doesn’t want to impede making roadways more friendly to pedestrians and bicycles.
Two studies on traffic safety on Carlin Springs Road are expected to kick off next month.
County officials are planning two separate evaluations:
After a cross-country journey and a recent brush with animal control, a man who arrived in Arlington with three goats finally made it to D.C.
However, he didn’t stay for long and he only has two goats with him now.
Arlington’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee is voicing concerns about a proposal for a new behavioral health complex on S. Carlin Springs Road.
Some of the concerns are related to the site itself, while others relate to broader existing challenges along S. Carlin Springs.
Just before they could complete an extensive journey across much of the country, a man and his goats ran into trouble with Arlington animal control.
Animal control has taken custody of the livestock that arrived in Arlington last week, citing a “legal matter,” Jennifer Toussaint, chief of animal control in Arlington County, told ARLnow.
A man and his goats set up camp in Arlington last night, nearing the end of a long and somewhat peculiar sojourn across much of the country.
By foot and by hoof, a man known as Jacob Holiday and his livestock have been traveling this way for a long time. Holiday told Midwest Media in November that they’d been on the road for years, traveling from Minnesota to spread a message of peace and love.
County staff say work is ongoing to make the government’s “report-a-problem” online portal more user-friendly and responsive.
“I hear your frustration,” said Nicole Jackson, a business systems analyst for the county government, during the July 8 joint meeting of the county’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC).
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.
