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

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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JUST IN: Pedestrian dies after being struck by hit-and-run driver, police on Route 1

By Jared Serre and Angela Woolsey

Published September 24, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated September 24, 2025 at 4:07PM

The intersection of Richmond Highway and Belford Drive in Hybla Valley (via Google Maps)

A woman was killed in Hybla Valley last night (Tuesday) after being struck by both a hit-and-run driver and a responding police officer, the Fairfax County Police Department says.

Trina Jones, a 62-year-old Alexandria resident, was crossing Richmond Highway at Belford Drive, just outside the Mount Vernon Crossroads shopping center, when a southbound sedan driver hit her, police say.

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Local artists wanted to decorate future Route 1 bus stations

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 27, 2025 at 3:45PM

A rendering of a Richmond Highway bus rapid transit station (courtesy Fairfax County)

Fairfax County is on the lookout for local artists who can add “community charm” to the bus stations for The One, the bus rapid transit (BRT) system planned for Richmond Highway (Route 1).

The county’s Department of Planning and Development (DPD) has partnered with ArtsFairfax to identify artists to decorate the station windscreens with digital art.

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Fairfax County leaders still uneasy with VDOT’s I-495 Southside Express Lanes plan

By Scott McCaffrey

Published June 26, 2025 at 9:15AM

Proposed route of I-495 Southside Express Lanes project (via VDOT)

Fairfax County leaders remain uneasy about the Virginia Department of Transportation’s proposed I-495 Southside Express Lanes project and the possible impact of widening the highway on residents of neighboring communities.

The Board of Supervisors agreed to send a five-page letter to Virginia Secretary of Transportation W. Sheppard Miller III on Tuesday (June 24) detailing its concerns.

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UPDATED: Man charged with fatal stabbing at Groveton bus stop

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 12, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated June 16, 2025 at 8:06PM

Fairfax County Police Department Capt. Jesse Katzman at scene of Richmond Highway stabbing (via FCPD/X)

A man has been arrested and charged with last week’s fatal stabbing at a bus stop on Richmond Highway in Groveton, police say.

Officers with the Metro Transit Police Department officers took Robert Reed, 56, into custody at the Huntington Metro Station on Sunday, June 15, ending a multi-day search for a suspect in the June 10 stabbing, the Fairfax County Police Department announced today (Monday).

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UPDATED: Man stabbed at Richmond Highway bus stop dies

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 10, 2025 at 2:45PM | Updated June 10, 2025 at 5:39PM

Southbound Richmond Highway is closed at North Kings Highway in Groveton for a stabbing on June 10, 2025 (via VDOT traffic cameras)

Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at a Richmond Highway bus stop earlier this afternoon (Tuesday).

Officers and medics responded to Richmond Highway at North Kings Highway in Groveton shortly before 2 p.m. for the reported stabbing, according to scanner traffic.

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Richmond Highway BRT, other bus lines set to receive regional transit funding

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 5, 2025 at 11:45AM | Updated May 5, 2025 at 2:03PM

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)

Fairfax County’s plan to finance a nearly billion-dollar bus rapid transit (BRT) network along Richmond Highway is about to get another boost.

In June, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) is expected to support an additional $10 million in funding for the project. It would be the second installment in a $20 million promise to help the county finance the new bus system.

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FCPD: Suspected driver in fatal Route 1 hit-and-run crash arrested

By Jared Serre

Published April 29, 2025 at 1:15PM

The Richmond Highway and Buckman Road intersection in Hybla Valley (via Google Maps)

Local law enforcement has arrested a man accused of striking and killing a woman in a hit-and-run crash earlier this year.

Reginald Brown, 42, of Fairfax was arrested last Wednesday (April 23) and charged with a felony hit and run, stemming from the fatal Jan. 29 crash, the Fairfax County Police Department said.

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More funding accepted to support Richmond Highway bus rapid transit

By Scott McCaffrey

Published April 28, 2025 at 1:15PM

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)

Plans for the nearly billion-dollar planned bus rapid transit (BRT) project in the Richmond Highway corridor took another step forward at the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 22.

The supervisors formally accepted $47.7 million in grant funding from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) in support of the project, which is currently estimated to cost $979 million. The money will come from the Commonwealth’s “Smart Scale” funding pool.

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Herndon man charged with DWI for crash that killed teen

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 3, 2025 at 9:00AM | Updated March 3, 2025 at 10:05AM

Looking south in the 5600 block of Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville (via Google Maps)

A crash in Centreville that killed a teenager last Thursday (Feb. 27) was the result of a drunk driver, Fairfax County police say.

Officers responded at 10:28 p.m. that night to the 5600 block of Pleasant Valley Road for the two-vehicle crash.