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NVTA planning committee recommends approval of regional BRT action plan
Summary
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Planning & Programming Committee voted to recommend the BRT Action Plan, a regional blueprint for 27–28 bus rapid transit lines, to the full Authority. The plan sketches ridership, funding needs and next steps but is not an operational design.
The Planning & Programming Committee of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority recommended approval of a regional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Action Plan at its Wednesday, July 2 meeting, voting to forward the plan and its recommendations to the full NVTA for final action.
The BRT Action Plan lays out a regional vision for roughly 27–28 BRT corridors across Northern Virginia, outlines preliminary ridership and cost evaluations and recommends next steps for funding, coordination and local project development. Committee members approved staff-recommended edits and asked staff to present the revised document to the full Authority for approval.
Srinath Budhuri, senior manager for NVTA’s planning and programming team, said the document is a “blueprint” rather than an operational plan: “It’s the starting point. It’s the foundation.” He emphasized that detailed design, lane changes and operational decisions would occur later at the…
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