The Virginia Department of Transportation and Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation recently shared their Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) draft plans with the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
Virginia must continue to invest in transportation infrastructure to provide Virginians with a comfortable, convenient, and safe access to public transit.
A comprehensive examination of the current state of passenger rail in Virginia and a roadmap for its expansion and enhancement.
In the first year of the public transit free fares program, DASH saw tremendous success by nearly every performance metric.
Policies to defend Clean Car Standards, make streets safer for people who walk and bike, and support public transit funding.
Spanning across the entire state, the Commonwealth Corridor east-west railway would speed rail travel, slash travel time, and connect Virginia's people and resources from western Virginia all the way to the beach!
Our public transit systems are severely underfunded, leaving many Virginians with few or unsafe options for moving around their communities without a car.
See Chesapeake Climate Action Network's summary of the Transit Equity and Modernization Study here.
A gas tax suspension would drastically cut public transit and rail funding - services Virginians need now more than ever.