Tysons Community Alliance has selected Katie Cristol to lead the organization as its first permanent Chief Executive Officer. Cristol will start with TCA on July 5, 2023, taking the reins from Acting CEO Richard Bradley who has been in [...]
Any doubts that the Silver Line has begotten many changes? Just take a ride on those trains now running through Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Dulles Airport and eastern Loudoun County. Gone are the dreadful service roads that used to line [...]
Metro’s Silver Line Extension to Washington Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Metro celebrated the opening of the Silver Line Extension with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Washington Dulles International Airport [...]
Airport Authority, WMATA focusing on final testing and safety as Phase 2 moves closer to opening As the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Silver Line team works with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the future operator of Silver [...]
What used to be tallest building in Tysons, the former Sheraton Hotel, was once a mecca for business luncheons, corporate meetings and political celebrations. In spite of its convenient location along Leesburg Pike, the owners closed its doors in [...]
With Construction Boom, County Adds Emergency Services in Tysons As high-rise, high-density residential and commercial development booms in Tysons, fueled in part by the 2014 arrival of the Silver Line, so has the need for the expansion of emergency services. For proof, just [...]
Trains running along corridor as part of essential ongoing safety, durability testing In December, trains were running along the corridor between the Ashburn and Wiehle-Reston East stations as part of simulated service testing. There were no passengers aboard. Observers along [...]
While Phase 2 of the Silver Line is not yet open to the public, here’s the Herndon South Pavilion with the green canopy of the long-existing Herndon-Monroe bus bays to the right. Looking north beyond the pavilion one can [...]
Change has indeed come to the north side of Leesburg Pike along Westpark and Greensboro drives in Tysons since the arrival of the Silver Line in 2014. Once dominated by office structures and the landmark West Park Hotel—which has been [...]
Reston Town Center Next Rising Up Along Silver Line Phase 2 Alignment As the region’s economy continues its post-pandemic upswing, so do new mixed-use developments near the new rail stations along the Silver Line corridor. For example, new construction between Reston Town [...]
