Study Shows Support for County Transit Network, But Leaves Out Cost
Majority of those surveyed in transportation study support infrastructure, officials said Tuesday
At least 66 percent of people surveyed in the Fairfax County Transit Network Study believe transit infrastructure is vital for the future of the Washington, D.C. metro area’s future. But at what cost is still unclear, Fairfax officials said Tuesday, because the study didn't put financial parameters around the questions it asked of its hundreds of respondents. During a Tuesday meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors' transportation committee, representatives from the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) presented an update on the transit study, an effort to determine how investment in public transit can best meet the county’s goals for long-term economic growth. The department has receieved 1,370 responses to a …
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Bob Bruhns
11:27 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
Our government needs to control costs. In the Silver Line job, we accepted bloated cost estimates, and so we were almost double-billed. In former years, there used to be better cost control, and we need to get back to that kind of planning. Tim Kaine moved us in the wrong direction. He managed to wangle us into this Silver Line disaster that is unfolding before our eyes - a premature rail line … more ›