Fairfax Connector

Published June 23, 2026 at 1:45PM

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

Virginia lawmakers want to examine consolidating Northern Virginia’s transit agencies to assess potential cost savings and service improvements.

The proposal, which is included in the two-year budget lawmakers passed Monday, directs the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to include in its report not only the cost savings and long-term financial impacts of merging multiple systems, but also how potential changes would affect riders through fare structures, service reliability and accessibility.

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County leaders vote reluctantly to trim Fairfax Connector bus service

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 7, 2026 at 8:30AM

Fairfax Connector bus for Route 463 heading into Vienna on Chain Bridge Road (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has approved the elimination of two Fairfax Connector bus routes and reduced schedules on more than a dozen others to trim $7.3 million in budget costs.

The vote on Tuesday (May 5) was unanimous but, in several cases, unenthusiastic.

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Fairfax Connector bus involved in head-on crash near Pentagon, 23 injured

By Associated Press and Angela Woolsey

Published April 24, 2026 at 3:10PM | Updated April 24, 2026 at 5:42PM

Fairfax Connector and OmniRide collision near Pentagon (via Dave Statter/Bluesky)

A Fairfax Connector bus was one of two that collided head-on near the Pentagon this morning (Friday), injuring 23 people, including Defense Department workers.

The Omni Ride and Fairfax Connector transit buses struck each other shortly before 7:30 a.m., according to a press release from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. Emergency personnel transported 18 of the injured to local hospitals for further medical evaluation. Five were treated at the scene.

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New bus funding likely for Fairfax, but proposed Tysons route doesn’t make cut

By Scott McCaffrey

Published March 10, 2026 at 10:00AM

Commemorative design on Fairfax Connector bus (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

Fairfax County is likely to receive most, but not all, of the funding it is seeking through a regional transit grant program.

The county’s request for just under $4.4 million in funding to support a new limited-stop Fairfax Connector service between the Tysons and Franconia-Springfield Metro stations has been removed from the list of projects being considered for the fiscal years 2027-2028 I-66 Commuter Choice funding cycle.

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Proposed Fairfax County budget consolidates police oversight, cuts teen drop-in sites and more

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 6, 2026 at 1:45PM

Fairfax County Government Center (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Fairfax County is continuing its recent push to trim costs, pursuing budget cuts that are less drastic than the ones proposed last year but could still result in some notable programming changes.

Released on Feb. 17, County Executive Bryan Hill’s advertised fiscal year 2027 budget plan would reduce spending by $32.9 million and eliminate 107 positions, bringing the total amount of cuts since FY 2024 up to $124.5 million.

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Reston leads Fairfax County in total snowfall from Sunday storm

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 23, 2026 at 11:45AM

Route 7 near Reston Avenue after a crash was cleared on the morning of Feb. 23, 2026 (via VDOT traffic cameras)

Most Fairfax County residents woke up this morning (Monday) to a wintry landscape, but the amount of snow they saw varied depending on exactly where in the county they live.

Snow accumulations from the storm that arrived in the D.C. region yesterday (Sunday) afternoon ranged from a mere inch in the Mount Vernon area to 4.5 inches in Reston, the highest amount recorded in the county, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service.

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JUST IN: Fairfax Connector will suspend service during Winter Storm Fern

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 24, 2026 at 3:30PM

A passenger boards a Fairfax Connector bus at a stop on Sunset Hills Road in Reston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax Connector will not provide any bus service during the upcoming Winter Storm Fern.

With heavy precipitation and ice accumulation expected, the county bus system announced this afternoon (Saturday) that it will suspend service starting at 9 p.m., continuing through Sunday (Jan. 25).

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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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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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Fairfax Connector celebrates 40 years, salutes those who keep the buses running

By Scott McCaffrey

Published October 2, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated October 2, 2025 at 3:57PM

Commemorative design on Fairfax Connector bus (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey)

As county and regional leaders gathered yesterday (Wednesday) to mark the 40th anniversary of the Fairfax Connector bus service, nearly everyone wanted to get a photo taken with John Ashford.

Ashford was one of the original drivers when the local bus system began operations in September 1985, and he remains behind the wheel today.