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Arlington County is considering lowering the speed limit along a number of corridors with lots of pedestrian activity.
On Saturday, the County Board will decide whether to authorize a public hearing next month to discuss and potentially approve the reductions, which would impact seven corridors throughout Arlington.
The proposals were generated from traffic studies conducted at the request of some citizens, staff and Arlington County Public Schools, according to a report. These studies looked at speeding and crash statistics as well as anticipated pedestrian and bicyclist activity and future projects, among other considerations.
Overall, the studies concluded that lower speed limits would help the county reach its new goal of zero transportation-related deaths and serious injuries by 2030, also known as Vision Zero. Two reductions along Army Navy Drive would also prepare drivers for an upcoming construction project that would rebuild the road to be more pedestrian- and bicycle-fri
Abel Geleta, who will be a Ron Brown Scholar at Yale University, said he’ll never forget the look on his parents’ faces when he told them his hard work at Washington Liberty High School had paid off with a full scholarship.
“My mom was just, you know, came in and just hugged me, and it was just a moment that I’ll cherish forever in my life moving forward,” Geleta said.
Most of the 31 seniors in the program are the first generation in their family to attend college.
Wakefield High School’s Esmerelda Matthews said being accepted to Northern Virginia Community College opened a new world of possibilities for her.
An internet outage led Arlington Public Schools to cancel distance learning on Wednesday for more than 25,000 students, but the school district said virtual classes will resume Thursday. Arlington Public Schools (APS) said its internet service provider notified the school system on Tuesday of a major fiber cut in Vienna, Virginia, that caused the service disruption. Arlington, which reported 26,051… coronavirus Oct 21, 2020