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Froggie Smart Growth Syndrome - words, not data and analysis. The traffic study being done to support the Georgelas project shows that their will be 46,000 more vehicle trips on Route 7 going to, from and through Tysons Corner with the Georgelas project. These trips assume the availability of Dulles Rail, the mixed use development (with all housing located within the TOD), the grid of streets to take traffic off Route 7, a significant reduction in parking spaces for the housing, an internal circulator system within Tysons, paid parking for the offices. In sum, the Georgelas Company is doing everything right in terms of so-called Smart Growth, but the development will generate huge amounts of additional vehicle traffic in an around Tysons. Moreover, this project is only one of thirteen rezoning applications filed with Fairfax County. Smart Growth at Tysons Corner will increase congestion far beyond the development's border. The traffic studies prove it.

If TOD increases congestion largely within the TOD, why do Fairfax County and VDOT believe that the Dulles Toll Road and the Beltway need to be widened (the Beltway one additional lane beyond the HOT lanes expansion between Route 7 and I-66) in order to handle the additional traffic generated by Tysons Corner? This is a fair question, why not try to answer it?

by tmtfairfax on Jun 3, 2011 9:17 am • link • report