Virginia

An academic brief examines demographics and voting patterns in the “four Virginias,” or the major socio-political sections of the state.

Location may be key to New Urbanism-inspired developments.

Leonard Gilroy sees two problems with Virginia's proposed growth legislation and explains why he thinks it would steer the state in the wrong direction.

Companies are touting a variety of safety features to lure contracts and offices into the area.

Thirty years after urban renewal effort, jury rules that a city's condemnation threat constitutes temporary taking.

Suburban voters in Virginia concerned with transportation and growth control may have swung the election to the Democrat Gov.-elect Timothy Kaine in the governor's race.

Charrette conducted by planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. generates ideas for improving downtown.

Finding new revenue to fund the state's dire transportation needs is at the forefront of the gubernatorial race.

Enthusiast Scott Kozel has amassed a staggering amount of information on highways in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Residents of a quintessential edge city explain the attraction.

The bid to privatize the Dulles Toll Road is the latest in a growing trend.

City tax revenues may be compromised for federal courthouse.

Fairfax County, VA is considering requiring a developer to provide incentives for users not to drive at a proposed Transit Oriented Development.

Defense workers near the Pentagon told legislators they would rather quit their jobs than move further out to the suburban fringe.

High-Occupancy Toll Lanes, a long-time staple of California commuting, are making their way East.

Is free wireless internet access a useful amenity that a city can provide, or does it only cater to "very affluent techno elites?"

The large chain had planned to circumvent a local law in place for size-caps on retail stores.

Harsh new security precautions for federal office buildings are threatening to derail otherwise successful Smart Growth efforts in the Washington D.C. region.

John Foote is considered to be Virginia's "shrewdest, most effective advocate" for landowners. Opponents say he undermines local government.

Self-contained subdivisions in Northern Virginia, while advertising a "sense of community," are excluding their rural neighbors, who feel they are no longer welcome in their own towns.