City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MARCH 1, 2022
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution to Establish an Ad Hoc Duke Street Transitway Advisory Group. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of a resolution to establish the Ad Hoc Duke Street Transitway Advisory Group to provide guidance to City Council regarding the design of the Duke Street Transitway corridor.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
(1) Receive and approve the attached resolution establishing an Ad Hoc Duke Street Transitway Advisory Group ("Advisory Group"); and
(2) Authorize the City Manager to appoint the three (3) at-large representatives and one (1) development community representative.
BACKGROUND: In the 2008 Transportation Master Plan, the City identified three high-capacity transit corridors that were then reaffirmed in the 2012 Transit Corridors Feasibility Study. The Duke Street corridor was one of the corridors identified (along with Metroway on Route 1 and West End Transitway) and for which a preferred alternative was selected. The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority funded the project with $87 million in regional revenue.
Since the adoption of the 2012 Study, transportation priorities, land use plans, and (more recently) a major change in home-to-work travel patterns have created the need to re-evaluate the transit plans for the Duke Street corridor. Staff led extensive public outreach effort in the summer of 2021, called Duke Street In Motion. Over 1,800 responses to the kick-off feedback form were received through the project website and at 23 pop-up events along the corridor.
While transit improvements are the primary focus of this effort, other community priorities such as safety, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and vehicle tr...
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