Big Plans for Public Transportation in (northern) Virginia. It’s called Super NoVa

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Big Plans for Public Transportation in Virginia. It’s called Super NoVa.
By Martin Di Caro | 05/25/2012 – 11:49 am


Bus rapid transit, light rail, car and van pooling, and bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure are all in the works for Northern Virginia, under the so-called “Super NoVa” transportation plan for the next three decades, to be released in September.

Planners envision the construction of cross-jurisdictional networks to connect people to their jobs in the metropolitan Washington area, and to employment and tourist locations within northern Virginia and neighboring states. The goal is to help commuters avoid the region’s notorious traffic congestion.

“It’s really looking at the major travel patterns of people throughout this region and trying to understand where they are and where they want to go,” says Amy Inman, the manager of public transportation planning at the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, a post she has held for four years. Inman is the head planner for Super NoVa.

With the growing realization that only paving more highways would not satisfy the demands of region’s population and job growth projections, Inman says localities 50 or 75 miles away from Washington need more public transportation options. The study will evaluate the needs of future population and employment centers. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://transportationnation.org/2012/05/25/big-plans-for-public-transportation-in-virginia-its-called-super-nova/

[TexasTowelie]

1. Pass the popcorn...

I can't wait for Cantor to pout.

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2. Remember in Spanish, "no va" means "doesn't go"....

(that was why Chevrolet couldn't sell its Nova in Latin American countries, IIRC...)