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County of Fairfax, Virginia
Winter 2017Proposed Service
Changes
Department of Transportation
November 10, 2016Laurel Hill Elementary School
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Welcome• Service overview• Proposal details• Q & A• Open house discussion
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Service Overview• Most proposed service changes adjust bus travel
times and/or route alignments to improve schedule adherence and to better address trip needs.
• Service changes include some restructuring, and/or schedule adjustments.
• Routes included in the proposal are 301, 305, 321, 322, 333, 393, 394, 395, 401, 402, 461, 466, 599, 640, 642, and 644.
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Service Highlights• Route 321,322 - Eliminate Manchester Lakes and the
Bland Street saving running time that will be used to improve on-time performance and expand the service span. Adjust Route 231,232 to serve Manchester Lakes Drive;
• Route 395 – Add three additional AM and PM weekday rush hour service to reduce passenger crowding;
• Route 305 - Discontinue service to the Lorton VRE station and shift southern terminus to Village Shops Drive. Service along Silverbrook Road would continue to be provided by Routes 371 and 373;
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Service Highlights• Route 333 - Restructure service as Route 340,
341; and include service to Patriot Ridge and Boston Boulevard;
• Routes 371, 372, 373 - Discontinue Route 372 service into Patriot Ridge and Boston Boulevard to provide more direct service for through riders between Lorton and Springfield.
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Route 301 – Telegraph Road• Minor
running time adjustments
Proposal Details
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Route 305 – Newington Forest – Silverbrook Road• Eliminate route segment between the
intersection of Silverbrook Road and Southrun Road extending south to Lorton VRE station. Alternative service on this segment is provided by routes 371 and 373.
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Route 305 – Newington Forest – Silverbrook Road
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Alternative Service Provided by Routes 371/373
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Route 321,322 – Greater Springfield Circulator
• Eliminate Manchester Lakes and the Bland Street route diversions. Alternate service to be provided by revision to Routes 231/232 Kingstowne Circulator.
• Expand the span of service to operate late evenings and improve headways.
• All trips after 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and 6:00 p.m. on weekends, including the proposed new late evening trips, would bypass the Industrial Road and Commercial Drive area, where there is no demand for service at these times.
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Route 321,322 – Greater Springfield Circulator
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Route 333 – Patriot Ridge - Saratoga
• Restructure service; reduce pattern complexity. – Route 333 will be replaced by two new routes Route 340 (Patriot
Ridge – Saratoga) and Route 341 (Boston Boulevard – Saratoga) that will service the current route pattern. On Saturdays, the time between buses will be approximately every 30 minutes.
• Maintain AM and PM rush hour VRE connections at Franconia-Springfield.
• Serve Patriot Ridge and Boston Boulevard
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Route 333 – Patriot Ridge - Saratoga
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Existing Route
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Route 340 – (Former Rt. 333) Midday
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Route 341 – (Former Rt. 333) AM
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Route 341 – (Former Rt. 333) PM
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Route 371,372,373 – Lorton - Springfield• Discontinue Route 372 service into Patriot Ridge to
provide more direct service for through riders between Lorton and Springfield. Service to this location will be provided by Route 340 (previously 333). Route 340 headways and span of service will be similar to Route 333.
• Discontinue southbound Route 373 service on Boston Boulevard to provide more direct service for through riders between Lorton and Springfield. Service to this location will be provided by Route 341 (previously 333). Headways and span of service similar to Route 333. Route 341 headways and span of service will be similar to Route 333.
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Route 371,372,373 – Lorton - Springfield
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Route 395 – Springfield - Pentagon• Add three additional AM and three additional PM
trips on Route 395 to address crowding issues. Will address passenger loads that exceed seating capacity on existing route.
• Service frequency will be approximately 15 to 30 minutes.
• Minor schedule adjustments on Routes 393, 394 and 395 to avoid stop conflicts at Pentagon Transit Center.
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Route 395 – Gambrill Rd - Pentagon
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Running Time Adjustments to Improve On-Time Performance
• Route 301 – Telegraph Road• Route 401, 402 – Backlick – Gallows• Route 461 – Flint Hill-Vienna• Route 466 – Oakton-Vienna • Route 599 – Pentagon – Crystal City Express• Route 640, 642, 644 – Stone Road – Centreville
North
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Next Steps• Q & A and open house• Comments due by 5 p.m. Friday, November 18,
2016– Fill out a public meeting comment form– E-mail [email protected]– Call 703-339-7200, TTY 703-339-1608
• Requesting Board of Supervisors approval in February 2017
• Implement Service Change on March 18, 2017