Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Editorial:Extension of Frontier Drive to Springfield Center Dr to Loisdale Rd

Editorial: Springfield is exploding with mixed use development. In order to make traffic move smoothly, Frontier Drive needs to be extended to Springfield Center Dr. to Loisdale Rd. The extension will provide a much needed loop. However, the metro needs to be extended from Fort Belvoir to Springfield to Tysons, to Dulles. The Springfield area will eventually dwarf Tyson's Corner in mixed use development. The development of Windsor Estates will do several economic objectives; greater use of land,create jobs, create wealth for the land owners of Windsor Estates and more tax revenue for Fairfax County. This development would dwarf Tyson's Corner. Currently, Windsor Estates has more transportation options than Tyson's Corner.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Editorial: Extension VRE to Thornburg VA and Mineral VA



VRE is a vital transport element that needs to be extended to Thornburg VA. Mixed use is exploding along the 95 corridor from here in Springfield VA to Thornburg VA. Additional extension from the Manassas VA to Mineral VA ,Beaver Dam VA, and Bumpass VA is highly desirable. This extension combined with the extension metro from Fort Belvoir VA from to Springfield to Tyson's Corner to Dulles Airport would be a permanent solution to totally gridlock!!!If these transportation ideas are not implemented,we will have total gridlock.!!!!! Just listen to WTOP in the morning and and listen to all the crashes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where would we be if metro had not happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Editorial: Need of a large bike Bridge over the RR tracks of the Springfield Transportation USA




Editorial: We also need to promote a second bridge for bikes and passenger connecting the Barry Road to the other side of the Springfield Transportation Center. Additionally a bike bath parallel to the railroad track needs to be developed. The bridge should be the equivalent of the bike passenger bridge that goes over rt 95. The idea is to have bike traffic that currently goes to the transportation center and then could go through and connect to the bridge that goes over rt 95.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Editorial:Metro needs to be extended from Fort Belvoir to Dulles Airport

EDITORIAL:The metro needs to be extended from Fort Belvoir to Springfield Transportation Center to Tyson's Corner and then to Dulles Airport. While gas prices are going down , traffic congestion is up. WTOP is a constant report of crashes in the morning. Mixed use is developing. What would have happened if metro had not happened? We need to get real. The future in development is rapid transit. The only way we are going to go out of the current economic mess is mixed use development and aggressive development of metro to Dulles. If we do not, we will have total grid lock of crashes. We also need to promote a second bridge for bikes and passenger connecting the Barry Road to the other side of the Springfield Transportation Center. Additionally a bike bath parallel to the railroad track needs to be developed.