Scooters have become another piece of the local transportation puzzle, particularly in denser Arlington neighborhoods.
The appeal is straightforward: they're useful for short trips that feel too far to walk and too short to justify getting in a car.
That makes them particularly relevant around Metro stations, shopping districts, restaurants and trail connections.
Fairfax is taking a similar multimodal approach in some transportation projects. The City of Fairfax's Blenheim Boulevard project includes two multimodal hubs with upgraded bus shelters, bikeshare stations and bike racks, alongside new sidewalks and a two-way cycle track. Construction began in 2026 and is expected to take approximately two years.
The bigger trend is worth watching.
Northern Virginia isn't building transportation around one mode anymore. Walking, biking, scooters, transit and cars increasingly overlap.
