Metro passes another hurdle for funding

Quick Facts related to the planned Metro line to the Dulles Airport and beyond:
- Project to cost $5.2 Billion
- 23.1 miles
- Phase 1 to go from East Falls Church (Falls Church) to Wiehle Avenue (Reston)
- Phase 1 = 11.6 miles
- Phase 2 will complete the project all the way to Route 772, just beyond the Dulles International Airport
- Phase 2 = 11.5 miles

December 3rd the Federal Transit Administration O.K.'d the planned metrorail extension project. The project must now get approval from Mary Peters (Transportation Secretary) and the Office of Management and Budget.

source = (Washington Business Journal; December 5-11)

10-30-08 Tysons Transportation Seminar

Building a 21st Century MainstreetDulles Corridor & Transit-Oriented Development Seminar Series Seminar #2:

Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:00 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast; Program: 8:30 - 10 AM Capital One 1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, VA 22102

Presentations: "Transforming Tysons: Vision and Area Wide Recommendations" Clark Tyler Chairman Tysons Land Use Task Force"Thinking Outside the Transit Envelope"

Nat Bottigheimer Assistant General Manager Department of Planning and Joint Development Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Special Guest
Gerald Connolly Chairman Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

RSVP by email mailto:info@tytran.org?subject=RSVP%20for%20October%2030%20TOD%20Seminar or call TYTRAN at 703-799-5394.