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==Transportation== [[File:2018-10-29 13 59 27 View east along Virginia State Route 267 (Dulles Toll and Access Roads) and the Silver Line of the Washington Metro from the overpass for Virginia State Route 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) in Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|The Dulles Toll and Access Roads and the [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]] of the [[Washington Metro]] in Reston]] Reston sits astride the Dulles Toll Road, {{convert|9|mi|km}} from [[Tysons]] and the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]] to the east, and {{convert|5|mi|km}} from [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] to the west. Four roads cross the community from north to south: [[Fairfax County Parkway]] on the western side, Reston Parkway through the center of town, Wiehle Avenue through the northeastern residential section, and Hunter Mill Road on the eastern border.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/9_7/9062-1.html?topic=news| title=Defining the Netplex| date=July 14, 1994| access-date=October 12, 2007| publisher=Washington Technology Magazine| first1=Randy| last1=Barrett| first2=Andrew| last2=Jenks| archive-date=September 28, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042644/http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/9_7/9062-1.html?topic=news| url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Washington Metro|Metro]]'s [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]], which runs along the Dulles Toll Road, opened its first Reston station, [[Wiehle–Reston East station|Wiehle-Reston East]], on July 26, 2014. Two additional stations, [[Reston Town Center station|Reston Town Center]] and [[Herndon station|Herndon]], opened on November 15, 2022 and serve the western half of Reston as part of an expansion towards Dulles International Airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dullesmetro.com/silver-line-stations/|title=Dulles Metro/Silver Line Stations|website=Dulles Metro|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223403/http://dullesmetro.com/silver-line-stations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Reston Internal Bus System (RIBS) provides five regularly circulating routes connecting Reston's village centers, using [[Reston Town Center]] as a hub.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.linkinfo.org/reston.cfm| title=RIBS| access-date=October 12, 2007| publisher=LINK| archive-date=October 15, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072920/http://linkinfo.org/reston.cfm| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fairfaxfocus/2005/11/fairfax_connector_celebrates_2.html|title=Fairfax Connector Celebrates 20 Years|date=November 7, 2005|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=October 12, 2007|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010160546/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fairfaxfocus/2005/11/fairfax_connector_celebrates_2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fairfax County's [[Fairfax Connector]] and [[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]] service both link commuters in Reston to Metro stations as well as points throughout Fairfax County.
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