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NVTA technical advisory committee endorses regional approach to fund Northern Virginia bike‑ped network
Summary
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Technical Advisory Committee endorsed a regional funding approach for implementing the 2024 VDOT Northern Virginia Bicycle and Pedestrian Network after hearing a presentation on existing and future funding strategies; staff also reported updates on the TransAction long‑range plan and funding requests.
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) Technical Advisory Committee on Oct. 15 endorsed a regional approach to funding bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure identified in the 2024 VDOT Northern Virginia Bicycle and Pedestrian Network.
Starla Cuso, transportation planning and programming manager at the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority and project manager for the initiative, told the committee the effort reviewed existing funding sources and evaluated future funding strategies to implement and maintain roughly 4,000 miles of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure the VDOT study identified. “We really looked at those 7 metrics and understanding how the different strategies or fees would be assessed against them so we can understand a holistic picture of the different tax and fees that we were looking at,” Cuso said.
The initiative examined local, regional, state and federal pots of money currently used to implement projects and screened 45 potential future funding…
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