Bus Rapid Transit System Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a high-quality bus-based transit system that delivers fast, efficient, and reliable service through dedicated lanes and includes other related enhanced amenies that will increase transit ridership along the Richmond Highway Corridor. Fairfax County’s Department of Transportaon (FCDOT) is working with a specialized consultant team that will aid the County in all aspects of the BRT project. The BRT team is working on the environmental study and preliminary design work necessary to apply for the Federal Transit Administraon (FTA) New Starts funding program. Public meengs on BRT implementaon will be held in 2018. The Work Underway Embark Richmond Highway is a mul-faceted project promong revitalizaon along a 7.5 mile segment of the Richmond Highway Corridor by creang a series of mixed-use acvity centers supported by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system; roadway, pedestrian and bicycle improvements; enhanced open space and park systems; and ulmately a three-mile extension of the Metrorail Yellow Line from Hunngton to Hybla Valley. The Comprehensive Plan Amendment Amending the Comprehensive Plan, the County’s guide to development and preservaon of the natural environment, is an essenal part of this effort. With the help of residents and community stakeholders, nodes along the proposed BRT route are being envisioned as compact, environmentally sustainable, and walkable living, shopping, working and recreaonal places. The main Comprehensive Plan land use changes focus on four Community Business Centers (CBCs): Penn Daw, Beacon/Groveton, Hybla Valley/Gum Springs, and Woodlawn. Tradionally, the CBCs have served the daily needs of the surrounding community as commercial shopping hubs. Within these areas, changes to land use, density and mix are being developed to create beer mixed-use centers. Urban design and streetscape guidance is being developed and will apply corridor-wide. The goal of Embark is to leverage transit, infrastructure improvements, and a new land use mix to facilitate sustainable economic vitality. Concepts and diagrams of the reimagined look for Richmond Highway can be viewed on the project website. Road Widening The construcon of the Richmond Highway segment from Jeff Todd Way south to Telegraph Road has been substanally completed. The next phase of the widening of Richmond Highway will extend from Jeff Todd Way north to Napper Road. The design and future construcon of the project is administered by the Virginia Department of Transportaon (VDOT) in coordinaon with the FCDOT. The project will: • Widen Richmond Highway from four to six lanes; • Provide separate bicycle and pedestrian facilies on both sides of the roadway; and, • Preserve a wide median to accommodate future planned BRT. This road widening project is currently in the preliminary design phase. Road alignment alternaves, side street connecons and potenal right-of-way acquisions are being analyzed and evaluated. Studies to determine environmental impact as well as migaon measures are underway. Please visit the VDOT project website for more informaon: hp://www.virginiadot.org/projects/ northernvirginia/richmond_highway.asp MAN CHE ST E R BLVD LANE HUNT B E ULA H ROAD LOCKHEED BOULEVARD HA R R IS O N L ANE T ELEGRA PH R OAD N K I N G S H W Y FORT W A S H IN G T O N LAKES H ILL MT VERNO N HI GH WA Y LANE SHERWOOD HILL ROAD STREET HAYFIELD MT VERNON MEMORIAL HIGHW AY ROAD GEORGE WAS HINGT ON MEMORIAL VERNON ROAD PARKER'S HALL FORT HUNT BELLE VIEW BLVD RICHMOND HIGHWAY R OSE FR ANCO N I A BEACON VI E W D R I V E ROAD DR S KINGS HWY OLD MOUNT V ER N ON R O A D RI CHMOND HI GHW AY COLLINGWOOD ROAD GE ORG E M E M O R IAL STREET B EU LA H HUNTI NGTON AVEN U E " M " M " M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! CITY OF ALEXANDRIA F A I R F A X C O U N T Y FAIRFA X COUNTY Mount Vernon CAPITAL BELTWAY FORT BELVOIR Lockheed Blvd Penn Daw Penn Daw Gum Springs Gum Springs Beacon Hill Beacon Hill Hybla Valley Hybla Valley Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir Lockheed Blvd South County Center South County Center Huntington Huntington Accotink Village Penn Daw CBC Beacon/Groveton CBC Hybla Valley/Gum Springs CBC South County Center CBC Woodlawn CBC SN Areas adjacent to Woodlawn CBC SN Areas between South County Center & Woodlawn CBCs SN Areas between Hybla Valley/Gum Springs & South County Center CBCs SN Areas between Beacon/Groveton & Hybla Valley/ Gum Springs CBCs SN Areas between Penn Daw & Beacon/ Groveton CBCs SN Areas between North Gateway & Penn Daw CBCs Huntington TSA One Mile Woodlawn Woodlawn Proposed Plan Amendment 2015-IV-MV1 EMBARK General Locator Map LEGEND Potential BRT Station Location Area Within One-Half Mile of Station Embark Richmond Highway Right-of-Way EMBARK Current Focus Area