Braddock Road Multimodal Study Community Meeting #4: Guinea Road to I-495

1. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Braddock Road
Multimodal Study
Guinea Road to I-495
Community Meeting No. 4
Lake Braddock Secondary School
June 26, 2017
Department of Transportation

2. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Project Map
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3. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
o Fairfax County Department of Transportation
o Consultant Team
– RK&K
– HNTB Corporation
– Cambridge Systematics
– Rhodeside & Harwell, Inc.
o Task Force
Study Team
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4. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Braddock Road Task Force
Chair: Kevin Morse, Braddock Representative on the Transportation Advisory Commission
Vice Chair: Tom Kennedy, Braddock Representative on the Trails and Sidewalks Commission
• Braddock District Council George Klein
• Bradfield Dennis Guzik
• Canterbury Woods Paul Hopler
• Carleigh (aka The Elms) Trish McClure
• Danbury Forest Janet Nevius
• Dunleigh Dave Moulton
• Friends of the Long Branch Stream Valley Jim Hawkins
• Kings Park Jim Sobecke
• Long Branch John Poreba
• Park Glen Heights Mairi Kennedy
• Ravensworth Kevin Joyce
• Red Fox Forest Craig Taylor
• Signal Hill Estates Greg Snow
• Southport Charlie Keightley
• Stone Haven Dottie Dane
• Townes of Wakefield Ed Bogdan
• Woodhirst Dennis Chamot
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5. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
• Recommended Roadway Alternative
• Updated Bicycle / Pedestrian Facilities
• Developed Park-and-Ride Lot Alternative
• Evaluated Park-and-Ride Lot and Transit
Center Options
What We Have Done
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Department of Transportation 6

7. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
• Recommended Plan
• Improve bottlenecks
• Includes Bicycle / Pedestrian Improvements
Intersection and Corridor Improvements
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8. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
• Guinea Road to Ravensworth Road
• Intersection improvements
• Access Management (intersection spacing,
side street access) included
• Complete bicycle/
pedestrian paths
Intersection and Corridor Improvements
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9. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
• Shared Use Path, both sides of road
• Improved pedestrian crossings at signalized
intersections
• Pedestrian overpasses:
• At Braddock Road/ Burke Lake Road/ Woodland Way
• Possible additional locations
• Improved underpass at Accotink Trail
• HAWK Signals:
• Burke Lake Road/ Grantham Street
• Braddock Road/ King David Boulevard/ Dunleigh Drive
Bicycle / Pedestrian Improvements
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10. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Fall Workshops
• Purpose of Workshops :
– Review proposed roadway recommendations and
access changes
– Separate workshops for the different areas on the
corridor
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11. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Fall Workshops
• September 18, 2017:
– Guinea Road to Dunleigh Drive/King David
Boulevard
• October 25, 2017, and December 11, 2017:
– Braddock Road and Burke Lake Road area
• October 2, 2017:
– Wakefield Chapel Road/Danbury Forest Drive area
• October 18, 2017:
– Beltway area
• November 16, 2017:
– Ravensworth Road area
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12. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Park-and-Ride / Transit Center
Options
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13. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Kings Park Shopping Center Site
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Park-and-Ride Lot Option

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Department of Transportation 14
Park-and-Ride Lot Option
Park-and-Ride Lot Benefits:
• Encourages carpooling and transit use
• Serves existing and projected demand for
commuter parking and carpooling
• Potential ride sharing – “slugging”
• Easy drop off location – “Kiss and Ride”

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Department of Transportation 15
Park-and-Ride Lot Option
Park-and-Ride Lot Benefits (con’t):
• Potential to increase HOV-3 on Express
Lanes
• Convenient, safe Pedestrian access
• Pedestrian bridge
• Signalized Pedestrian Crossings
• HAWK Signal

16. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Kings Park Shopping Center Site
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Transit Center Option

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Department of Transportation 17
Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs)

18. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Measures of Effectiveness
(MOE) Performance Factors
Environment
1. Number of trees affected and loss of green space
2. Does the alternative increase air pollution?
3. Will site lighting impact adjacent lands in a
negative way?
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19. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Measures of Effectiveness
(MOE) Performance Factors
Mobility
4. Ease of access in/out for commuter vehicles
5. Ease and convenience of access for pedestrians &
bicycles
6. Increase in the number of traffic signals
7. Ease of access for transit routes
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20. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Measures of Effectiveness
(MOE) Performance Factors
Safety
8. Will vehicular access in/out of facility be safe?
9. Are safe movements provided for pedestrian and
bicycles?
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21. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Measures of Effectiveness
(MOE) Performance Factors
Roadway Travel Time
10. Braddock Road vehicle travel time
11. Person throughput through the corridor
12. Increase in vehicular density at major intersections
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Department of Transportation 22
Additional Factors

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Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Summary of MOE Evaluations
Option
Task Force
MOE Score
Technical Team
MOE Score
“No Build” 0 0
Kings Park Shopping Center
Park-and-Ride Lot
-2.75 1.02
Kings Park Shopping Center
Transit Center
-3.21 0.88
NOVA Training Center
Transit Center
-0.81 -0.35
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Department of Transportation 24
Task Force Conclusions
Based on an evaluation of the proposed transit center and park-
and-ride lot alternatives, the Braddock Road Multimodal Study
Task Force (Task Force) came to the following conclusions:
1. The Task Force is not opposed to a transit center at the
Northern Virginia Training Center site.

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Department of Transportation 25
Task Force Conclusions (con’t)
2. The Task Force opposes a transit center at the Kings Park
Shopping Center site. Any further consideration of a transit
center at the Kings Park Shopping Center site should not
occur until after the proposed roadway improvements are
completed and the transit center can be evaluated based on
actual data from the improved roadway network.

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Department of Transportation 26
Task Force Conclusions (con’t)
3. The Task Force does not support a park-and-ride lot at the
Kings Park Shopping Center site at this time. The Task
Force recommends that any further consideration of a
park-and-ride lot at the Kings Park Shopping Center site be
deferred until after the proposed roadway improvements
are completed and the park-and-ride lot can be evaluated
based on actual data from the improved roadway
network.

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Department of Transportation 27
Technical Team Recommendations
Main Conclusions
1. If a transit center is built, the Kings Park Shopping
Center location is the best option compared to the
Training Center site.
2. Based on staff’s analysis of the MOE’s and other factors
a park-and-ride lot is a reasonable alternative to a
transit center at Kings Park Shopping Center.
3. If a transit center or park-and-ride are not constructed at
this time it is worth reconsidering the Kings Park
Shopping Center location in the future.

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Department of Transportation 28
Technical Team Recommendations (con’t)
Recommendations
1. Construct the Park-and-Ride Lot at the Kings Park
Shopping Center site with the roadway improvements.
2. Reconsider a Transit Center at the Kings Park Shopping
Center site in the future.

29. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
Online Survey
• Community input on Transit Center or Park-and-
Ride lot
• Survey is open for 30 days
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Braddock
CorridorTransportation
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30. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
County of Fairfax, Virginia
Next Steps
• Survey open for 30 days
• Present Final Recommendations to
Community in August 2017
• Present Final Recommendations to Board of
Supervisors
• Fall Community Meetings/Workshops
• Initiate Design
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31. County of Fairfax, Virginia
Department of Transportation
QUESTIONS?
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