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I have not heard any proposal to widen 123 north of the Dulles Connector Road nor south of Route 7. The road widening for 123 are only within Tysons to help move traffic to the DTR and the Beltway. Widening 123 in Vienna and/or McLean are non-starters. Neither community would support it. But 123 will be widened in Tysons. No stakeholder is opposing this.

As far as Silver Line ridership is concerned, no one has made any forecasts that would 20-45% of the DTR commuters would take rail. The Federal Transit Administration has forecast that there will be 87,500 Silver Line riders by 2030, but only 10,000 will be new transit users. Everyone else will just shift from one form of transit to another - the Silver Line. http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/VA_NOVA_Dulles_Wiehle_Avenue_Ext_2013.pdf See page 1. These figures are contained in other FTA documents as well.

Moreover, as you have correctly noted, we don't even know how many Silver Line trains will be running when service starts. We need to know this now so that projections can be re-tuned and decisions tweaked to the extent needed.

by tmtfairfax on Jun 27, 2012 8:11 am • link • report

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