More Buses, Signal Upgrades on Transportation Priority List in Alexandria

A Virginia government panel that chooses how to distribute transportation funds in Northern Virginia has come up with an initial list, Washington Business Journal reported.

Here are the projects in Alexandria the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority has highlighted:

• DASH bus expansion (five new buses).
• Traffic signal upgrades/transit signal priority.
• Shelters and real-time transit information for DASH/WMATA.
• Potomac Yard Metrorail station environmental impact statement (EIS).

In addition, the panel chose some VRE projects—one of which will help Alexandria commuters with station and tunnel improvements.

And, the panel wants to give the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission funding to look at transit alternatives along the Route 7 corridor—King Street in Alexandria to Tysons Corner.

See a full list of proposed priority projects here. More information on the projects is available at www.thenovaauthority.org.

The Northern Virginia Transit Authority is hosting a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at the City of Fairfax City Hall, 10455 Armstrong St. in Fairfax.