Vienna Metro station

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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Construction begins at MetroWest on more condominiums

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 15, 2024 at 11:30AM | Updated July 16, 2024 at 1:14PM

Construction has begun on new condominium buildings for Oakton's MetroWest neighborhood (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new condominium complex is under construction at MetroWest.

Crews have spent the past couple of weeks digging up a vacant lot in the middle of the Oakton development. Fencing and road blocks have been erected around the nearly 7.5-acre site, closing Royal Victoria Drive to traffic from Vaden Drive as well as footpaths used by residents to get to the Vienna Metro station to the north.

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Escalators under construction at Vienna Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 11, 2024 at 11:00AM

A train at the Vienna Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Work is underway to replace the escalators at the Vienna Metro station.

Started on Monday, June 3, the project will replace each of the escalators to the train platform one at a time with new escalators that are “more durable and reliable,” the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced.

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Developer details plan to replace ICF office buildings in Oakton with housing

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 3, 2024 at 3:00PM

The Hunters Branch office buildings in Oakton could be redeveloped with an apartment building and townhomes (via Fairfax County)

A redevelopment plan for the former ICF headquarters in Oakton has officially been submitted to Fairfax County.

Filed in late December, the application from IBW HB LLC — an apparent affiliate of Arlington-based developer Insight Property Group — envisions replacing the 1980s-era Hunters Branch office complex at 9300 and 9302 Route 29 with a 8-story apartment building and townhomes.

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County to consider mixed-use development for former ICF office buildings in Oakton

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 29, 2023 at 11:00AM | Updated January 3, 2024 at 11:48AM

The Hunters Branch office buildings, formerly home to ICF International, in Oakton (via Google Maps)

(Updated at 4:50 p.m.) After initially holding off, Fairfax County is now ready to consider allowing a redevelopment of the former ICF International headquarters in Oakton.

At Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik’s request, the Board of Supervisors authorized county staff on Nov. 21 to craft a comprehensive plan amendment that would open the door for residential or mixed-use development at the Hunters Branch office buildings (9300 and 9302 Route 29).

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Taller faregate doors installed at Vienna Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 17, 2023 at 2:15PM

The 55-inch-tall doors are intended to prevent people from jumping the faregates and avoiding paying (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The faregates at the Vienna Metro station are sporting a new look.

Workers installed taller doors on the gates on Aug. 9 as part of a systemwide retrofit project intended to combat fare evasion, which costs Metro an estimated $40 million per year in lost revenue, according to the transit agency.

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Metro will reopen Vienna and Dunn Loring stations next week

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 14, 2023 at 9:30AM

Free shuttles are available from the Vienna Metro station until it reopens on July 17 (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Train service will be back at the Vienna and Dunn Loring Metro stations, starting Monday (July 17).

The two stations at the western end of the Orange Line have out of commission since June 3 so Metro crews could replace a 40-year-old rail and install fiber-optics cables. The project also affected the West and East Falls Church stations, which reopened on June 26.

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Falls Church Metro stations to reopen next week, as rail replacement enters new phase

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 22, 2023 at 10:15AM

Commuters wait at the closed Vienna Metro station for an express shuttle to Ballston (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Some good news is on the horizon for local Metrorail riders: the West and East Falls Church stations are set to reopen on Monday (June 26) after a 23-day closure.

The bad news? The Vienna and Dunn Loring stations will remain closed through July 16.

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Metro to offer free shuttles during partial Orange Line shutdown this summer

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 18, 2023 at 9:30AM

Vienna Metro station bus shelter (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Metro will assemble an armada of shuttles this summer to support travelers during its multi-week shutdowns of several stations on the Orange, Silver and Green lines.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced yesterday that free shuttle buses will be available throughout the closures, which will begin on May 12 and roll out to Fairfax County’s Orange Line stations starting June 3.

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Vienna among first Metro stations to get taller gate doors in crackdown on fare evasion

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 28, 2023 at 10:15AM

Metro is retrofitting its new fare gates with taller doors intended to prevent fare evasion (via WMATA)

Saloon-style doors are coming to the Vienna Metro station’s fare gates.

The Orange Line terminus is one of nine stations in the first phase of Metro’s fare gate retrofits, which will install taller, glass doors on all of the transit agency’s recently modernized gates to deter people from jumping over to avoid paying to ride the rails.