The first of three public meetings will be held tomorrow night to get citizen input for a study that will help shape (and hopefully ease) the way people get around the Washington D.C. metro region.
“It’s worth coming out to get in your two cents worth,” said Howard Jennings, a member of the stakeholders committee for the Super NoVa Transit and Transportation Demand Management Vision Plan study. “This is not a business-as-usual focus on only building more roads, but it is establishing a vision for expanding a whole range of transit and commuter services options to serve the broadest number of people in the whole region.”
The study will inform Virginia’s statewide transportation plan, slated to be updated and released this fall, and will help further sync mass transit with land use, population growth, employment centers, and travel patterns. Input is being gathered at these public hearings by the study’s lead agency, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. Those who can’t attend in person are encouraged to send their suggestions here.
The public hearings will be:
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
National Museum of the Marine Corps
18900 Jefferson Davis Highway
Triangle, VA 22172
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Warren County Government Center Community Board Room
220 N Commerce Ave.
Front Royal, VA 22630
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Navy League Building
2300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
