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Errant bus driver takes passengers for unwanted ride to Vienna Metro station

Published January 20, 2026 at 3:20PM | Updated January 20, 2026 at 4:43PM

Bus shelters at the Vienna Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A routine bus trip from New York City to D.C. took a harrowing turn for passengers last night (Monday) when the driver reportedly decided to ditch their intended destination for a journey into the unknown.

As documented in a viral thread on the nascent social media platform Bluesky by user Musicology Duck, a driver on a BestBus route from Penn Station to Union Station and Dupont Circle allegedly sped down a highway and refused to go to Union Station despite pleas from both riders and the bus company’s staff, dropping everyone off at the Vienna Metro station only after the police were called.

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UPDATED: Taxi driver killed, three injured in Richmond Highway crash

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 15, 2025 at 12:30PM | Updated December 16, 2025 at 12:58PM

Police block northbound Richmond Highway at North Kings Highway in Groveton after a fatal crash (via VDOT traffic cameras)

One person has died and three other people were injured Monday morning (Dec. 15) in a crash involving a taxi, a Metrobus and a van on Richmond Highway in Groveton.

Police received multiple calls reporting a crash in the 6300 block of Richmond Highway shortly after 10 a.m., Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman said in a media update around 1 p.m.

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JUST IN: Police arrest man for alleged bomb threat on Fairfax Connector bus

By Jared Serre

Published December 1, 2025 at 4:30PM

A Fairfax Connector bus in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A man who allegedly claimed to have a bomb before boarding a bus in Woodlawn over the weekend has been arrested.

Blake Davis Norton, 57, boarded a Fairfax Connector bus in Woodlawn yesterday (Sunday) after telling the bus’s driver that he had a bomb in his backpack, the Fairfax County Police Department said in a press release today.

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Fairfax City evaluates zero-fare policy for CUE buses as pilot is set to expire

By Acacia James

Published November 10, 2025 at 1:45PM

A CUE bus on Nutley Street (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax City is considering whether to keep a fare-free policy in place for its CUE bus system.

The city’s CUE buses stopped collecting fares in mid-2020 when the pandemic started. In 2022, the city adopted a four-year zero-fare pilot program that will expire at the end of fiscal year 2026, according to city documents.

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County board OKs eminent domain to acquire land along Route 1 BRT project

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 31, 2025 at 1:45PM

Richmond Highway street sign (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County supervisors on Tuesday (Oct. 28) took steps to acquire private property needed for construction of the Richmond Highway bus rapid transit (BRT) project.

With three members absent and one seat vacant, the Board of Supervisors voted 6-0 to authorize county staff to move forward with filing paperwork in court allowing for the condemnation and acquisition of property needed for utility relocation as the nearly billion-dollar project begins to move from planning to construction.

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Feedback wanted on proposed Fairfax Connector service changes for 2026

By Jared Serre

Published October 28, 2025 at 10:00AM

A Fairfax Connector bus passes Springfield Plaza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

County officials are currently seeking feedback on proposed changes to Fairfax Connector bus service early next year.

Through Nov. 12, residents can weigh in on the proposal, which would only affect six different routes.

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Route 7 BRT planners welcome feedback at recent Culmore open house

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 20, 2025 at 3:45PM

Participants at community forum discuss Envision Route 7 efforts (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

Regional transportation planners continue to take the pulse of riders and other local residents as they prepare for a major revamp of the Route 7 bus corridor.

“It’s a good thing” to be out in the community, said Kate Mattice, executive director of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), which is overseeing a study that could bring bus rapid transit (BRT) service to the corridor from Tysons to Alexandria.

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Fairfax City considers CUE bus overhaul that would simplify routes, cut some stops

By Mary Stachyra Lopez

Published October 9, 2025 at 2:30PM

A CUE bus on Nutley Street (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax City is considering transforming its CUE bus system by offering more frequent and direct connections between the most popular stops, as well as speeding up routes — but also cut service for some riders.

A draft transportation development plan for the next 10 years of service envisions three simplified routes between the Vienna metro station, Old Town, and George Mason University, the areas with the highest demand.

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County to seek $463 million in regional funds to boost Route 1 bus project

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 7, 2025 at 3:45PM

Residents attend an in-person update on the Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project at the Gerry South Hyland Government Center on Jan. 15, 2025 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized a number of procedural steps last Tuesday (Sept. 30) to advance plans for the nearly billion-dollar Richmond Highway bus rapid transit (BRT) initiative known as The One.

In actions combined into a larger consent agenda approval, supervisors formally requested Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) funding to support the project and scheduled an upcoming public hearing to address the acquisition of easements from property owners along the route.

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FCPS celebrates progress on solar panel, electric bus initiatives, even as federal support fades

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 3, 2025 at 8:30AM

Langley High School student Shriya Gubbi speaks at a Sun Day event celebrating clean energy outside James Madison High School in Vienna (photo by Scott Peterson)

Half a decade after Fairfax County launched a solar panel initiative touted as the largest in Virginia to date, the first major installation at a public school is nearing completion.

Rooftop solar panels have been under construction at Olde Creek Elementary School (9524 Old Creek Drive) since Aug. 1 and are on track to become fully operational by Oct. 13, according to Fairfax County Public Schools.