Impact Assessment of the Virginia Railway Express Commuter Rail on Land Use Development Patterns in Northern Virginia

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Northern Virginia Planning District Commission
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Rail transit
  • Railroad commuter service
  • Land use planning
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Rural areas
  • Virginia Railway Express (VRE)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-T-95-18
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  A new commuter rail system - the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) - began operations in Northern Virginia in mid-1992. The new VRE operated four trains each over two existing rail lines running through metropolitan fringe areas to downtown Washington, DC. Initial operations provided for one-way service during the morning and evening commuting hours. The system ran through a cross-section of suburban land use activities: rural areas, protected watersheds, typical 1960s-1980s suburban neighborhoods, small cities and towns, and densely developed urban areas. The purpose of this study is to identify variables and document base conditions in Northern Virginia against which future conditions will be compared. A future Phase 2 will re-examine the same variables, make comparisons to the base line conditions, identify changes and attempt to determine the changes which resulted from introduction and operations of the VRE.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13361/dot_13361_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 26.38 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d7fea6cb4065f4f4a7d7f4f625d91961a8c76d8ae1af3dca9ab858a4f17383a69bf28c04c755e67ea1a6964c96b74e822ee7376611b0fc7a86daf900a584b821