With Silver Line, More Buses Could Be Coming to Vienna
Tuesday meeting will highlight six proposed routes, which officials hope will help residents and commuters better access Metro.
How do you get to the Metro? By the end of this year, the answer could be by bus. Six proposed bus routes will be the highlight of Tuesday's "Vienna At Your Service" meeting, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Flame Room at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department. Fairfax County Department of Transportation members will be on hand to go over the routes. The county’s 2010 Transit Development Plan recommends 12 new routes be added to Tysons, McLean and Reston in concert with the opening of the new Metro line. It recommends 21 other routes be tweaked and six more be eliminated. Officials are seeking input on not only the routes themselves, but also on safety, access to bus stops and the length of the ride. The routes potentially coming to Vienna, …
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Charles Leven
8:52 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
There should be bus service along Beulah Road to one of the Metro stations. Beulah Road is no longer a country road, but is now a major Vienna/Fairfax thoroughfare, and bus service would give residents along it the means to get to the Metro without driving there. more ›