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The I-66 Inside Beltway Hokey Pokey ……. Politics: That’s What It’s all About
The Alliance has often praised Governor McAuliffe’s for his strong advocacy for taking politics out of transportation project selection and implementation. Yet in terms of I-66 inside the Beltway the problem IS […]
Governor McAuliffe Underscores Urgent Need for Additional Potomac River Crossing Capacity
“I’m always concerned that if anything were to happen to that [American Legion] bridge…it is the main point to travel between Maryland and Virginia and … I’ve asked my Secretary […]
Key Alliance I-395 Strategic Priority Advances NVT Alliance Discusses Regional Transportation Projects on News Channel 8
NVT Alliance Policy Director, Nancy Hiteshue Smith, appeared on News Channel 8’s NewsTalk Tuesday morning to praise Governor McAuliffe’s recently announced conversion of I-395 HOV lanes to High Occupancy Toll […]
Fixing I-66 Outside the Beltway. Is There a Greater Regional Transportation Need?
At the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority’s November meeting some members questioned whether any regional transportation funds should be invested in I-66 outside the Beltway, despite key critical interchanges such as […]
Regional Framework vs. Local Fabric
In November 18th testimony, the Alliance congratulated the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s Transportation Planning Board (TPB) on 50 years of contributions to regional mobility and urged them to return […]
All Aboard!
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) this morning opened the new Spotsylvania Station south of Fredericksburg, with a 1,500 parking space lot to accommodate future growth. This marks the first expansion […]
The Congestion Caucus
The following is excerpted from an op-ed piece in today’s Washington Post by Rob Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and a former chairman of the National […]
Tip o’ the Hat to a Better I-66 Inside the Beltway Proposal
Yesterday Governor McAuliffe announced that his administration would drop its proposal requiring non-peak direction users of I-66 inside of the Beltway to pay tolls to sit in congestion during AM […]
What You Should Know About Transportation
Outward Trend: The metropolitan Washington region has added millions of people and jobs in the last few decades and most of these have located outside the Beltway. National Capital Transportation […]
Comprehensive Plan Alignment
While the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) chose to designate the Bi-County Parkway as the “locally preferred alternative,” below is a summary as to why the Tri-County Comprehensive Plan alignment rejected […]