About the Project….
In conjunction with the I-95/I-395 HOV/Bus/HOT Lanes Project, a recommended plan is being developed to enhance transit and transportation demand management services (TDM) in the corridor. TDM involves various services/strategies designed to reduce demand on roadways, including carpooling, vanpooling and telecommuting.
 
The Department of Rail and Public Transportation is managing the study and is guided by a Technical Advisory Committee consisting of local, state, regional and federal jurisdictional/agency staff.

The Goals….
The study is addressing two goals:                
1) Maintain transit and High Occupancy    
    Vehicle (HOV) ridership.                             
2) Make use of the HOT lane features to
     attract new transit and HOV riders.

Existing Transit/TDM in the Corridor….

• 500 Vanpools
• 90+ buses per hour in the north segment
• 21 Park and Ride Lots
• 19 Slug locations
• 12 buses per hour in the south segment
• 10 Metrorail trains per hour
•   4 Rideshare/Outreach Programs
•   2 VRE trains per hour
•   1 Telework center

The Study Corridor….
For the purpose of the I-95/I-395 HOV/Bus/HOT Lanes Project, the corridor is defined as 56-miles of I-95/I-395 stretching from Arlington to Massaponax.  The Transit/TDM Study will focus on this portion of I-95/I-395 and will also look at serving markets beyond the corridor including, but not limited to, the District of Columbia and Tysons Corner.

 

Study Activities….
The study includes the following principal activities:

• Development and evaluation of three tiered transit/TDM alternatives with differing service levels and levels of investment based on projected HOT lane revenue contributions, fares, and other potential funding.
• Development of cost/revenue projections for each transit/TDM alternative.
• Forecast travel in the corridor; and
• On-line survey of habits and attitudes of corridor travelers.

Project Schedule / Milestones…

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Potential Transit/TDM Improvements…

• TDM initiatives to increase carpooling, vanpooling and slugging
• Modifications to existing routes to serve new markets
• New local feeder bus
• Neighborhood circulators/shuttle buses         
• Fixed guideway/rail

           - Metrorail to Potomac Mills
           - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
           - Enhanced VRE/Amtrak

• Other capital improvements such as:

           - Improvements to transit stations,
           - New/improved Park and Ride lots,
           - In-line transit stations at major activity centers.

 

HOV/Bus/HOT Lanes Project

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is partnering with Fluor-Transurban in the development of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane projects for Interstates 95/395 and the Capital Beltway/Interstate 495. The projects are designed to help alleviate congestion.

The I-95/395 project will expand the existing high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-95/395 from two to three lanes and extend two new lanes south to Massaponax.

Two HOV/Bus/HOT lanes will be added in each direction between the Springfield Interchange and just north of the Dulles Toll Road as part of the Capital Beltway/I-495 project.

All of these lanes will become HOV/Bus/HOT lanes – meaning buses and carpools with three or more people can continue to use the lanes for free, while non-HOV motorists can choose to pay a toll and access the lanes as well.

The new I-95/395 lanes will be reversible, meaning traffic operations personnel will use them to move traffic into the region during peak in-bound commute times, and out of the region during out-bound peak periods, like the HOV lanes are used today. The Capital Beltway HOV/Bus/HOT lanes will not be reversible.