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I-66 HO/T Lanes
Mapmikey:
VDOT announces plans for I-66 improvements/transformations inside the beltway:
News release - http://www.virginiadot.org/newsroom/northern_virginia/2015/plans_to_transform_i-6680782.asp
3/12/15 presentation for Inside the beltway - http://inside.transform66.org/documents/i66_inside_multimodal_briefing_elected_official_-_media_kick_off_final_3_12_2015.pdf
Website for all of I-66 improvements out to Haymarket - http://www.transform66.org/splash.html
Mapmikey
cpzilliacus:
Fairfax Times: Residents push for alternatives to I-66 widening = Carpooling, transit upgrades proposed as options
--- Quote ---Dozens of Providence District residents are asking Virginia transportation officials to hold off on widening Interstate 66 until they make additional attempts to reduce congestion by improving transit options and encouraging more carpooling.
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--- Quote ---Residents of Vienna and Dunn Loring, some of whom could lose their homes to the widening project, said they don’t see how widening the highway will benefit them. Speaking at a community meeting Wednesday, they said the project will only encourage more people to move to Gainesville or farther west, making traffic worse.
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--- Quote ---“You’re going to take these people’s homes, you’re going to ruin neighborhoods and people will still be sitting in their cars,” said Denise Rodgers, a Dunn Loring Village resident.
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cpzilliacus:
Dr. Gridlock in the Washington Post: A veteran commuter puzzles over Virginia’s I-66 plan
--- Quote ---For me, this summer would mark 50 years of commuting on Washington highways, had I not retired a year ago. I’m so happy to hear that by 2040, at the time I would have 75 years of this joyful experience, the powers that be might widen Interstate 66 somewhat inside the Capital Beltway.
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--- Quote ---I have always had a special place in my heart for the NIMBYs of Arlington County who have — from Day One — messed up the design of I-66. One thing that happens with half a century of driving experience is getting the opportunity to drive in other major cities in the United States and other countries as well.
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--- Quote ---I can’t easily think of any major city where a main highway inbound constricts like I-66 does inside the Beltway. Contrast it even to Interstate 395 (Shirley Highway to us old guys), which is a joy by comparison and much improved since I commuted to summer jobs when LBJ was president. Maybe this will improve by 2040. One can hope.
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--- Quote ---— Don Lewy, Fairfax Station
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ARMOURERERIC:
--- Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 27, 2015, 04:55:12 PM ---Fairfax Times: Residents push for alternatives to I-66 widening = Carpooling, transit upgrades proposed as options
--- Quote ---Dozens of Providence District residents are asking Virginia transportation officials to hold off on widening Interstate 66 until they make additional attempts to reduce congestion by improving transit options and encouraging more carpooling.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---Residents of Vienna and Dunn Loring, some of whom could lose their homes to the widening project, said they don’t see how widening the highway will benefit them. Speaking at a community meeting Wednesday, they said the project will only encourage more people to move to Gainesville or farther west, making traffic worse.
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--- Quote ---“You’re going to take these people’s homes, you’re going to ruin neighborhoods and people will still be sitting in their cars,” said Denise Rodgers, a Dunn Loring Village resident.
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I would humor them with a plan for a 4 track Metro and/or VA commuter line in the median that requires the taking of even more homes.
jeffandnicole:
And better mass transit also will allow people to move further west, adding to the sprawl and still adding traffic to the existing, non-widened roadway.
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