Thank you for your hard work advancing the Route 1/Richmond Highway transit study. Throughout the process we have made specific recommendations for the transit mode, design and operational configuration of Route 1, and bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure, along with emphasizing the need to integrate affordable housing, land use, and environmental restoration into the plans. We are pleased to see that the study recommends dedicated lane transit for the vast majority of the corridor and proposes a future Metrorail option for the northern portion.

We urge the council to reconsider DMPED’s selection of the TPC 5th & I LLC proposal because it does not respond to a key affordable housing provision in the Request for Expressions of Interest (REFI). Specifically, the TPC 5th & I Partners LLC proposal is not responsive to the RFEI,

The undersigned organizations call on the National Capital Transportation Planning Board (TPB) to strengthen the resolution before it to affirm COG’s accepted long range CO2 target of 80% reductions by 2050 in two ways: 1) Include a deadline of September 30, 2015 to complete committee work and the final report

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the scoping for the Washington to Richmond Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor Tier II study. This project is one of the most critical for meeting Virginia's transportation and economic development needs

We wish to express our support for this 123-unit residential housing project and the variances needed to make it feasible and appropriate to its unique context. Given the continued strong demand to live in this growing neighborhood, the site’s walking...