Sunday, May 6, 2018
Tell NVTA to Prioritize Multimodal Transportation Funding
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority released a draft plan for $1 billion in transportation funding over the next 6 years and is currently seeking public input. This is a great opportunity to speak out for funding better bicycling in Northern Virginia.
Sixty transportation projects from around the region were submitted for NVTA’s 6-year plan. Several are Fairfax area projects that would expand biking, walking, and transit access across our region and help enhance transportation choices. Some of these projects include:
- Falls Church Enhanced Regional Bike Routes on the W&OD that would create separate paved trails for walking and biking through the City of Falls Church.
- West Falls Church and Joint Campus Revitalization District Multimodal project in City of Falls Church would greatly improve bicycling and walking connections to the West Falls Church Metro station.
- Seven Corners Ring Road Improvements seeks to improve the street grid while also providing a twelve-foot bi-directional cycletrack.
- City of Fairfax Bike Share Implementation looks to start a bike share program to connect GMU to the City of Fairfax.
- Old Lee Highway Multimodal Improvements in the City of Fairfax would provide on-road bike lanes and improved trails from downtown to Fairfax Circle and Route 50.
- Soapstone Drive Extension would provide a new connection over the Dulles Toll Road including bike lanes in both directions, a sidewalk on one side and shared-use path on the other.
- Route 28 Widening includes 10’ shared use path on both sides of the road.
- Route 29 Widening includes a shared use path and bike/ped crossing improvements.
- Frontier Drive Extension provides on-road bicycle facilities, as well as a shared-use path on one side of the road and a sidewalk on the other.
- Richmond Highway Widening and Rt. 1 Bus Rapid Transit would provide transit on dedicated lanes on Route 1 and facilitate development of bikeble and walkable street grids in nearby communities.
- Braddock Road Intersection Improvements would add 10’ shared use paths on both sides of the roadway and improved bike/ped connections.
- Rolling Road Widening includes a 10’ shared use path on one side the road and a sidewalk on the other.
Click here for a full list of the candidate projects.
Your help is needed to urge the NVTA to prioritize multimodal projects for Northern Virginia. Please consider emailing comments to NVTA at SYPcomment@TheNoVaAuthority.org . The comment period runs through May 20. Copying key NVTA members of local jurisdictions is helpful too. They include:
- Chairman Sharon Bulova, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (chairman@fairfaxcounty.gov)
- David Meyer, Mayor of the City of Fairfax (david.meyer@fairfaxva.gov)
- David Snyder, Council member of the City of Falls Church (dsnyder@fallschurchva.org)
You can also help by attending the NVTA public hearing this Thursday and speaking up in favor of key multimodal projects. The hearing will be held at 7pm, May 10, at the NVTA offices, 3040 Williams Drive, Suite 200, Fairfax.
Labels: blueprint for better transportation, multimodal, nvta
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