Virginia

D.C. suburbs experience another year of double digit increases in housing assessments.

The explosion of the clean fuel vehicle market in Washington has caused heaches for carpoolers.

Some fear plan for high-density areas will uproot county's suburban qualities.

TOD along Metro's Orange Line will become the densest transit-accessible development outside of the Beltway.

Developer attempts to turn 1960s anti-urban office development into a trendy town center.

Small factory towns across the South are threatened by globalization.

Tiny town fights Virginia Dept. of Transportation plans for highway expansion.

Growing ridership is causing crowding and delays on the Orange Line in Northern Virginia.

Will the new urbanist plan come to fruition?

Can sparsely populated Montgomery and Roanoke counties -- which are revising their comprehensive plans -- adopt smart growth principles?

Northern Virginia suburbanites to tear down, redevelop their own near-transit neighborhood at higher densities.

More roads contribute to sprawl. It's time to try alternative approaches to solve traffic problems.

The plan to bring the Montreal Expos to Loudoun County hinges on the viability of a 450-acre mixed-use "new town" called "Virginia's Ballpark at Diamond Lake." Small problems: there's no lake, and the baseball supporters own, at most, a third of the site.

A fire in Fairfax County, VA has prompted a re-examination of building codes that govern the minimum spacing between single family homes in urban areas.

Several new development projects look to New Urbanism for inspiration.

When a community loses jobs, it also loses confidence.

A success story in an old Navy town.

Six Virginia newspapers jointly explore the state's roads in a three-part series.

One Virginia development seeks to transform what it means to live the exurban lifestyle.

Will Starwood Urban's funky portfolio fetch a superfunky $500 million?