Traffic and Roads

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (41+ words) Graffiti is no stranger to the city of Norfolk — it tends to blend into the scenery in some areas — but on Military Highway near Virginia Beach Boulevard, it was taken to the next level. Link: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/city-of-norfolk-to-replace-traffic-signs-after-vandalism/...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (348+ words) We have all witnessed the Alexandria City Public Schools redistricting and school-bus debacle. Parents, upset that their children no longer have a school bus and distrustful of walking to school, are often driving children to ACPS school, or in some…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (282+ words) Excessive speed by orders of magnitude, a handful of impounds and a motorcyclist trying to pop a wheelie were among the myriad of traffic violations Richmond RCMP recorded in August. Local Mounties issued almost 1,300 Motor Vehicle Act violation tickets and…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (128+ words) One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Interstate 66 in Fairfax County, according to Virginia State Police. Troopers were called to the crash around 4:10 p.m. in the westbound I-66 Express Lanes near the Dunn Loring-Merrifield Metro station. Traffic was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (682+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Changes could eventually be coming to Lafayette Boulevard as Norfolk transportation officials consider ways to slow drivers, improve pedestrian and bicycle safety and address a corridor with hundreds of crashes reported over the past decade. The Norfolk Department…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (668+ words) Crossing guards are returning to the 11 Fairfax County high schools that had them last school year while discussions about future crossing guard coverage continue, a school system spokesperson told WTOP. The decision was made Tuesday, hours after a car struck…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (433+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Downtown Norfolk's Kindred development sits just blocks from Harbor Park, but getting between the two requires a car trip around Interstate 264 — a disconnect the City of Norfolk is working to address through its Reconnecting Communities program. Keith Barrow,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (298+ words) A portion of eastbound Norfolk Avenue will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 25, to allow ProCrane to replace an antenna for Viaero Wireless on the communications tower located south of 413 W. Norfolk Ave. The eastbound lane of Norfolk Avenue between Fourth and Fifth…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (456+ words) LOCAL UPDATE: Anacostia River closer to being safe for swimming, report says August 21, 2026, 9:09 PM This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. The wheels on the bus will soon be going round and round again in Fairfax County,…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (168+ words) Matt Small | [email protected] August 17, 2026, 7:57 AM A man died after a Metrobus struck him at Bailey’s Crossroads on Sunday night, the Fairfax County Police Department said. Officers responded to the intersection of Carlin Springs Road and Columbia Pike for a pedestrian…...