Getting Vienna to the Silver Line

This proposed Vienna Bus Route takes a dangerous route. Using Beulah Road would service 500 homes including the Town of Vienna to the Silver Line.

The new Silver Line Metro is scheduled to open at the end of 2013. It will start in Reston, run along the Dulles Toll Road and then pass through Tyson?s Corner along the Route 7 corridor.

The Fairfax Connector 432 proposed Vienna Virginia bus route? around Wolf Trap will take a loop along a dangerous section of Old Courthouse Road which is notorious for flooding out even during mild rain storms. The narrow road also features two very steep hills and long stretches where there aren?t any sidewalks.

A Safer Alternative along Beulah Road

A much better route for the bus is to continue on Beulah Road into the Town of Vienna. Beulah Road services over 500 hundred homes, is built to high VDOT standards and has many safe areas for bus stops. Beulah Road within the Town of Vienna was completely rebuilt with curbs and sidewalks in 2007.

Fairfax Connector traffic engineers can easily evaluate the superior condition of Beulah Road, especially when compared to the steep and curvy section of Old Courthouse which is in constant disrepair.

Fairfax County government and Fairfax Connector have scheduled Public Hearings on the Silver Line bus routes in Vienna. I plan to attend a meeting to propose this logical option to the planners.

Of note: Read the recent Washington Post article about DC having the nation?s worst traffic. ?The real news in the report is the projection that traffic congestion costs will balloon another 65?percent by 2020 if we maintain the status quo.?The number of hours of lost time will also skyrocket 55?percent.?

Source: http://www.dougfrancis.com/vienna-silver-line-metro-bus/

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