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Ballston Macy’s redevelopment project includes the most hotly debated left turn in a decade

Published December 6, 2022 at 3:55PM

A no-left-turn sign at the intersection of 7th Street N. and N. Glebe Road, where Insight proposes a left-turn lane to access a grocery store (via Google Maps)

A proposed left-turn lane off of N. Glebe Road in Ballston could be the smallest, yet most scrutinized traffic change in 10 years.

As part of the planned redevelopment of the Ballston Macy’s, Insight Property Group proposes to add a left-turn option at the intersection of 7th Street N. and N. Glebe Road. It will be for drivers going southbound on Glebe who want to turn onto a proposed private drive abutting the planned grocery store, which will be located at the base of Insight’s proposed 16-story, 555-unit apartment building.

Traffic

I-66 will change from HOV-2 to HOV-3 starting next month

By Matt Blitz

Published November 18, 2022 at 10:45AM

I-66 at sunset

If you plan on driving on I-66 during peak hours next month, make sure there are at least two other people in the car with you to avoid paying a toll.

I-66 is shifting from HOV-2 to HOV-3 in early December, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) recently announced. Starting Dec. 5, only those with traveling with three or more people will be eligible to avoid the tolls, which apply inside the Beltway during peak travel times and directions.

News

County ups checks on traffic camera outages after social media pressure

By Jo DeVoe

Published November 8, 2022 at 3:45PM

Traffic camera locations and the image of a feed when it is out (via Arlington County)

Arlington maintains a sizable network of traffic cameras, but a significant portion of those cameras have been “temporarily unavailable” in recent weeks.

It’s a problem that the county county is promising to fix.

Opinion

Morning Poll: How big of a problem is cut-through traffic in Arlington?

By ARLnow.com

Published August 16, 2022 at 10:10AM

Neighborhood cut-through traffic near Duke Street in Alexandria (courtesy Jill Hoffman)

Cut-through traffic may not make many headlines here in Arlington, but it has been a big topic of conversation in our neighbor to the south.

Alexandria communities, particularly those along Duke Street, have long complained about drivers trying to beat the traffic on the main road by taking neighborhood streets. The city has even implemented a pilot program intended to cut down on cut-through traffic, which some residents say is made worse by navigation apps steering people around traffic congestion.

Traffic

Old design and bad GPS directions lead to wild driving on I-395

By Matt Blitz

Published June 9, 2022 at 2:10PM

Wonky GPS directions and old road design are some of the factors that have led some drivers to haphazardly cross several lanes of highway traffic at an I-395 exit, leading to multiple crashes.

Videos, captured from a Crystal City high-rise apartment by former local news reporter Dave Statter, show drivers consistently and dangerously moving across four lanes of southbound I-395 traffic specifically to make the lefthand Route 1 exit (8C).

News

Arlington evaluates first year of Vision Zero traffic safety plan

By Brandi Bottalico

Published May 12, 2022 at 2:30PM

Scene of a fatal crash involving a school bus and a motorcyclist in Green Valley (staff photo by Matt Blitz)

Four people died in crashes in Arlington during 2021, the first year of the county’s initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities and injuries.

That’s in addition to 61 severe crashes, according to the first annual report evaluating the transportation safety initiative Vision Zero.

News

JUST IN: Winter Weather Advisory issued ahead of Thursday morning snow

By Brandi Bottalico

Published January 19, 2022 at 1:25PM

A snow plow driving down Columbia Pike, January 2022 (staff photo by Matt Blitz)

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Thursday morning, saying it expects between up to 2 inches of snow.

The advisory is set for between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. NWS forecasts rain and snow before noon, followed by a chance of snow between noon and 3 p.m. as temperatures fall to around 30 by 5 p.m.