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County of Fairfax, Virginia
January 2015Proposed Service
Changes
Department of Transportation
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Welcome• Service overview
• Proposal details
• Q & A
• Open house
discussion
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Service Overview• Silver Line Metrorail now serves
Wiehle, Spring Hill, Greensboro, Tysons Corner, and McLean stations
• 40% of Fairfax Connector service changed Jul. 26, 2014 in response to Silver Line
• Most proposed service changes adjust bus travel times due to traffic conditions
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Service Overview
• Silver Line Metrorail:– 30,000 weekday trips to or from the new stations
– Wiehle: the “commuting powerhouse;” 16,800 weekday entries and exits -- half the lines ridership
• Dulles Corridor bus ridership:− 2% weekday increase− 7% weekend increase
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Service Overview• Dulles Corridor park and ride utilization:
– Herndon-Monroe: 74%– Reston North: 100%– Reston South: 35%– Wiehle: 79%
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Route 401/402 – Backlick-Gallows
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for traffic conditions
• Additional adjustments needed to serve:– New Dunn Loring Metro station bus facility– Redeveloped Springfield Town Center– Tysons Westpark Transit Station via Greensboro
Drive and Spring Hill Road connecting to Route 574
Proposal Details
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Route 401/402 – Backlick-Gallows
Proposal Details
Buses serve Tysons Westpark Transit Station via Greensboro Drive and Spring Hill Road
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Route 422 – Boone Boulevard-Howard Avenue
• Buses will serve the Tysons Corner Metro station bus lane along northbound Chain Bridge Road (Rte. 123)
Proposal Details
Buses will directly serve Tysons Corner Metro Station
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Route 463 – Maple Ave-Vienna
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
– Too much time in the northbound schedule between Vienna Metro and the Horse Shoe Lane timepoint
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Routes 493,494,495 –Tysons-495 Express Lanes
• Buses will serve the Spring Hill Metro station bus lane along westbound Leesburg Pike (Rte. 7)
Proposal Details
Buses will directly serve Spring Hill Metro Station
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Route 505 – Reston Town CenterRoutes 981,983 – Dulles Airport
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Departures on routes 505, 981, and 983 will be timed to provide an even spacing of buses between Reston Town Center and the Wiehle Metro Station
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Routes 551,552,557,558,559 –Reston North & Reston South
• New schedules will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
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Route 574 – Reston-Tysons
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Route will be extended to serve Tysons Westpark transit station via Spring Hill Road connecting to Route 401/402
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Route 574 – Reston-Tysons
Proposal Details
Buses will serve Tysons Westpark Transit
Station via Spring Hill Road
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Route 585 –Reston South-Franklin Farm
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
– Too much time in the southbound schedule south of Reston South Park & Ride
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Route 599 –Pentagon-Crystal City Express
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
– Not enough time in the afternoon schedule between Crystal City and Pentagon Station
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Route 605 – Fair Oaks-Reston
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• The time between buses will change from every 60 minutes to every 45 minutes weekdays; from every 60 minutes to every 70 minutes weekends
• Buses will serve Fair Oaks Mall via the Fairfax County Government Center
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Route 605 – Fair Oaks-Reston
Proposal Details
Buses will travel to and from Fair Oaks Mall via
West Ox Road, Post Forest Drive, Government Center
Pkwy, and Monument Drive
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Route 721 –Chain Bridge Road-McLean
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
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• Buses will travel through the Old McLean Village Drive timepoint, eliminating layover on Beverly Road
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Routes 924,926 –Dranesville Road-Worldgate
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions– Too much time from Herndon-Monroe to the
Wiehle Metro station– Not enough time from the Wiehle Metro
station to Herndon-Monroe
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Route 927 –Dulles Corner-McNair Farms
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Two additional afternoon rush hour trips will be added to the schedule, departing Herndon-Monroe at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. to address demand
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Route 929 – Centreville Road
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Buses will serve bus stops along Park Center Drive and Towerview Road
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Route 929 –Centreville Rd
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Buses will serve Park Center Drive and
Towerview Road via McLearen Road
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Routes 950,980 – Herndon• A new schedule will reflect travel times
adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Departures on routes 950 and 980 will be timed to provide an even spacing of buses between Herndon-Monroe and Wiehle
• Additional Route 980 trips at the busiest rush hour travel times
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Routes 951,952 –Sunrise Valley-Sunset Hills
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
• Route 951 buses will serve USGS via Sunrise Valley Drive on all AM rush hour, mid-day, and PM rush hour trips
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Route 985 – Dulles Corner-Wall Road
• A new schedule will reflect travel times adjusted for current traffic conditions
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Route 335 – Fort Belvoir
• The 6 p.m. departure from the Franconia-Springfield Metro station will only travel as far south as Morning View Lane and View Lane
• Fort Belvoir’s Telegraph Gate closes at 6 p.m.
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Next Steps• Comments due by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 2014
– public meeting comment forms
– fairfaxconnector@fairfaxcounty.gov
– (703) 339-7200, TTY (703) 339-1608
• Develop final staff recommendations to Board– added service hours: 6,400 (FY-15 est.)
• Board approval requested: Dec. 2, 2014• Proposal implementation: Jan. 24, 2015• Q & A and open house