Post on 20-Jan-2017
County of Fairfax, Virginia
March 2017Proposed Service
Changes
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January 18, 2017Laurel 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 393, 394, 395, 401, 402, 461, 466, 599, 640, 642, and 644.
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Service Highlights• Route 395 – Add additional AM and PM weekday rush
hour service to reduce passenger crowding; • Running Time Adjustments to Improve On-Time
Performance– Route 401, 402 – Backlick – Gallows (running time)– Route 461 – Flint Hill-Vienna (running time)– Route 466 – Oakton-Vienna (running time, remove timepoint)– Route 599 – Pentagon – Crystal City Express (running time)– Route 640, 642, 644 – Stone Road – Centreville North (running
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Route 395 – Springfield - Pentagon
• Add three additional AM and three additional PM trips on Route 395 to address crowding issues.
• 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.
Proposal Details
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Route 395 – Gambrill Rd - Pentagon
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Route 461 – Flint Hill - Vienna
• Running time adjustments in coordination with interlined Route 466 to improve bus-rail transfers at Vienna Metro Station.
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Route 461 – Flint Hill- Vienna
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Route 466 – Vienna - Oakton
• Running time adjustments– 8:35 AM trip departing from Vienna Metro Station will
now depart at 8:30 PM.– 8:59 AM trip arriving at from Vienna Metro Station will
now arrive at 8:57 PM.• Elimination of Bushman Drive/Oakwood Chase
Court Timepoint
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Route 466 – Vienna - Oakton
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Route 599 – Vienna - Oakton• Schedule and running time adjustments to improve
on time performance between Crystal City Metro Station and Pentagon Transit Center– 3:24 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 3:20 PM– 3:52 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 3:48 PM– 4:11 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 4:08 PM– 4:33 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 4:30 PM– 5:03 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 5:05 PM– 5:28 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 5:30 PM– 5:49 PM departure from Crystal City will now be at 5:50 PM
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Route 599 – Pentagon – Crystal City Express
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Route 640, 642, 644 – Stone Road – Centreville North
• Adjust running time to reflect traffic conditions and improve on time performance
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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, January 27,
2016– Fill out a public meeting comment form– E-mail fairfaxconnector@fairfaxcounty.gov– Call 703-339-7200, TTY 703-339-1608
• Requesting Board of Supervisors approval in February 2017
• Implement Service Change on March 18, 2017