Rethinking DC Metrorail: Walking, Biking, and Burning Calories
The DC Metrorail system seems to offer more headaches than solutions for commuters these days. The SafeTrack rebuild is disruptive and other problems seem never-ending.... Read
Transportation Choices in Tysons: More Bike Facilities Are Coming Online
The heart of Tysons, Virginia is located two miles from the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail, one of the longest bike trails on the... Read
Bikeshare Begins in Tysons: An Edge City Continues Its Urbanization
Bicycle riding was not a transportation planning priority in major cities like Washington, DC in, say, the 1970s. It was even less de rigueur to ride... Read
Wells + Associates Announces Appointment of New Company President
Michael J. Workosky to Lead New Generation at Transportation Consulting Firm (Tysons, VA – October 18, 2016) – Wells + Associates (W+A), a national transportation... Read
3 Things Ancient Pompeii & Mixed Use Have in Common
Mixed use development can mean a lot of things. In general, mixed use aims to mix many human activities into a dense locality. The goal:... Read
The Summer Driving Season: Why Do Those Slowdowns Happen??!!
We’ve all been through it. Your summer vacation has started, you’re cruising down the highway to your sunny destination, and then it happens … the... Read
How to Improve Commuting and Living: Pokemon Go vs TDM
Does it take Pokemon Go to improve livability – notably transportation and commuting? As the United States moves away from its twentieth-century reliance on single-occupancy... Read
W+A Does Sustainable Transportation: Big Green Commute 2016
Wells + Associates recently participated in the Big Green Commute, a week-long, friendly competition between companies that scores participating employees based on how they get to... Read
Infographic: Why the Future of Retail is Mixed Use
As the face of retail shopping changes, sustainable transportation will be a part of the new mix. This infographic shows how. The concept of mixed... Read
National Walk@Lunch Day: Harbinger of Pedestrian Friendly Development?
When the new Tysons West development got off the ground in 2012 in Fairfax County, Virginia, a standout feature of it was a new, urban... Read
A Spring 2016 Screening of “The Story of Reston, VA” Movie
With the passing last Fall of Reston, Virginia founder Robert E. Simon, Jr., it is fitting that a movie has been released that tells the... Read
SEPTA Announces Preferred Plan for Rail Service from Philadelphia to King of Prussia
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has unveiled its preferred plan for a regional rail service to King of Prussia (KOP). The rail line would serve... Read
The Boro in Tysons, Virginia: An Upcoming Mixed Use Development in a New Edge City
Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the development of “The Boro”: 4.25 million square feet of apartments, offices, hotel and shops in... Read
Hotel Development in Alexandria Reveals Revolutionary War-era Ship
It’s not every day you find a piece of history when building a new hotel, but that’s exactly what happened earlier this month when workers... Read
Good News for Public Transit Riders: Commuter Benefit Parity Made Permanent
A Congressional tax deal was struck on December 17, 2015 that includes making permanent commuter benefit parity. Parity would be retroactively set to $250 per... Read