First-of-its-kind district-wide project improves navigation and connectivity at Tysons’ four Metrorail stations
Tysons, VA—Tysons Community Alliance (TCA) today celebrated the completion of a new wayfinding kiosk system across Tysons’ four Metrorail stations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at McLean Metro Station. The project marks the first large-scale district-wide wayfinding system led by a place management organization on Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) property.
The new system includes eight kiosks at the McLean, Tysons, Greensboro, and Spring Hill Metro stations, featuring detailed maps that highlight more than 32 destinations throughout Tysons, including businesses, attractions, public spaces, and other key landmarks. Designed to help Metro riders and other multimodal travelers more easily orient themselves and navigate between transit stations and the surrounding community at all hours of the day, the kiosks are also illuminated after dark using solar power.
“As Tysons continues to grow, we have to be just as intentional about how people experience the community as we are about how we build it,” said Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik. “Investments like these help connect people to Metro, businesses, public spaces, and one another, while making Tysons more welcoming and accessible for everyone who lives, works, and visits here. This is another important step toward the connected, people-centered Tysons we’re working together to create.”
Developed through a collaboration among TCA, Fairfax County, WMATA, and private property owners, the wayfinding system represents a significant investment through the Tysons Transportation Service District Fund in strengthening multimodal connectivity and improving access to destinations throughout the area.
“Investments like this demonstrate the important role the Tysons Transportation Service District plays in advancing projects that improve mobility and connectivity throughout Tysons,” said David Schneider, Chair of the TCA Board of Directors. “This project also shows what’s possible when public and private partners work together to invest in the long-term success of Tysons.”
The kiosks also mark a significant expansion of the Tysons brand in the public realm. Featuring TCA’s distinctive Tysons visual identity alongside detailed district maps and destination information, the system creates greater visual continuity across Tysons and helps establish a stronger sense of place for residents, employees, and visitors.
“Wayfinding can seem like a simple piece of infrastructure, but it plays an important role in how people experience a place,” said Jason Zogg, Vice President of Place & Transportation at TCA and project lead for the wayfinding initiative. “These new kiosks make it easier for people to understand what is nearby, provide a sense of assurance they are on the right path, find and discover destinations beyond the Metro station, and feel more comfortable navigating Tysons. At the same time, they help create a more recognizable and cohesive identity across the community.”
The wayfinding initiative supports TCA’s broader work to improve transportation, mobility, and the public realm throughout Tysons while strengthening connections among the district’s neighborhoods, businesses, transit stations, and destinations. Recent completed wayfinding projects include updated Tysons water tower signage and district-wide trail signage.
Additional information about the Tysons Metro kiosks and the TCA wayfinding program is available at tysonsva.org.
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