Land Use Committee Approved Springfield Mall Development

At the last meeting of the Land Use Committee, development of the Springfield Mall was approved!!!!Editorial: Mixed use is coming and this is what is going to get us out of the on coming depression!!!!Mixed use creates both jobs and wealth. Development of Windsor Estates as mixed use will also create wealth and jobs. Additionally, metro needs to be extended from Fort Belvoir to Springfield to Tyson's Corner to Dulles. VRE needs to be extended to Thornburg, Mineral,Louisa, and Beaver Dam. Low Cost High Speed Internet with good upload and down load capability for Rural America will jump start rural America and be a continuous economic multiplier effect.Despite good intentions, the current economic expenditure will not succeed. It is like a cup of strong coffee; it jolts the body temporarily but has no nutritional value. Only mixed use development,extension of from Fort Belvoir to Dulles, expansion of VRE and affordable high speed internet to rural America will provide the continuous economic multiplier effect!!!!!!!

Wegmans is coming to Beulah and Telegraph

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Mixed use is happening and Wegmans is coming to Beulah and Telegraph.
Editorial: A bridge needs to built to accommodate bikers and pedestrian when they cross Beulah Rd from Wegman's to the other side where their customers live. There is large residential area opposite Wegman. Beulah Rd is going to be impossible to cross due the increasing traffic!!!!!A pedestrian/bike bridge as sturdy as the one that goes across 95 is the only answer!!!!!

BIKE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM METRO PARK TO WINDSOR ESTATES

Traffic on Beulah St is heavy. Pedestrians and Bikers need to be taken out of this turmoil. The correct solution is to have large heavy duty bike/pedestrian bridge from Metro Park to Shoppers Shopping Center to Lane Elementary and crossing over to Windsor Estates. Bike traffic could then safely go either from Metro Park or the Hayfield area to Metro/Springfield Transportation Center or by going over the proposed bridge over the RR, could go into Springfield Mall.Furthermore bike or pedestrian traffic could proceed further by going over the existing pedestrian bike bridge over rt 95 to other points. As development proceeds on Beulah St , Springfield, and Windsor Estates, high speed car traffic needs to be separated from pedestrian and bike traffic. These bridges are important to the development. At a recent land use meeting, one person spoke to me about some friends injured by cars while biking. While vising Arlington County, I saw an athletic forty something biker in the middle of an intersection after he was hit by a car. Proper planning dictates that bikers and pedestrian be kept separate from high speed auto traffic.

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.

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.