20060523 R-06-15
Resolution No. R-06-15
City of Fairfax, Virginia Resolution the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority's
TransAction 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan on May 23,2006
WHEREAS, the 2002 Virginia General Assembly passed the Northern Virginia
Transportation Authority Act and created the NVT A; and
WHEREAS, the NVT A is comprised of 16 members: nine mayors or chairs, or their
designees, of the four counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, and five
cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park; two members of
the House of Delegates; one member of the Virginia Senate; and two citizens appointed by the
Governor; and the Director of Virginia's Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and
the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, or designee, serve as non-voting
embers; and
WHEREAS, the Virginia General Assembly granted the NVT A the power and
function of preparing a long-range transportation plan for regional transportation projects in
orthern Virginia. In carrying out this responsibility, the Authority shall, on the basis of a
egional consensus, whenever possible, set regional transportation policies and priorities for
egional transportation projects; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax is a member of the NVTA; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax has assisted the Northern Virginia Transportation
Authority (NVT A) in preparing a draft update of the Northern Virginia region long-range
transportation Plan (TransAction 2030); and NVT A has asked member jurisdictions to
endorse the plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax shares the NVTA's desires that regional
transportation policies and priorities be guided by performance-based criteria such as the
ability to improve travel times, reduce delays, connect regional activity centers, improve
safety, improve air quality, and move the most people in the most cost-effective manner; and,
WHEREAS, the TransAction 2030 Plan adheres to the adopted vision that,
"In the 21 st Century, Northern Virginia will develop and sustain a multimodal transportation
system that supports our economy and quality oflife. It will be fiscally sustainable, promote
areas of concentrated growth, manage both demand and capacity, and employ the best
echnology, joining rail, roadway, bus, air, water, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities into an
interconnected network."
Previously endorsed by the City of Fairfax, as part of the Northern Virginia 2020
Transportation Plan on October 12, 1999.
WHEREAS, the TransAction 2030 Plan is a comprehensive study that identifies
multimodal transportation solutions that provide safe, efficient, and economical choices for
travel and transport of goods, and which also support expansion of the local economy; and,
WHEREAS, the NVT A found through this analysis that the Northern Virginia region
is expected to add more than 650,000 new jobs and 918,000 more residents in the next 25
years; and,
WHEREAS, the Northern Virginia region accounts for 21 percent of the vehicle miles
traveled on only eight percent of the Commonwealth's roadway lane miles and 75 percent of
transit ridership in the Commonwealth; and,
WHEREAS, the TransAction 2030 Plan documented a dramatic deterioration ofthe
roadway system in the six years between 1999 and 2005; and,
WHEREAS, investments at the CLRP level are insufficient to counter this
deterioration of the road network; and,
WHEREAS, the additional investment called for in the TransAction 2030 Plan is
necessary to improve travel and quality of life in Northern Virginia.
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax agreed that a long-range transportation plan that is
outlined in the TransAction 2030 Plan will improve mobility; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfax agreed that, in general, priority funding and
placement on the region's CLRP and state Six-Year Plan shall reflect the priorities established
in the TransAction 2030 Plan; and,
WHEREAS, in its previous endorsement of the Northern Virginia 2020
Transportation Plan on October 12, 1999, the City of Fairfax identified that the 1-66 corridor
should be a priority corridor for transportation improvements,
WHEREAS, the TransAction 2030 Plan shows that investment in transportation
improvements along the 1-66 corridor produces a significant reduction in congestion along the
corridor,
WHEREAS, an E1S of the 1-66 corridor has been started then put on hold,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax does hereby
endorse the TransAction 2030 Plan, and that this resolution shall be forwarded to the NVT A
to be appended to the TransAction 2030 Plan;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax does hereby request that the
Commonwealth of Virginia restart as soon as possible the E1S along the 1-66 corridor,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax agrees that where significant
differences exist among jurisdictional resolutions and/or the TransAction 2030 Plan, the
NVT A should facilitate discussions that assure open and complete deliberation of these issues
and their appropriate and timely resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax agrees that the following
procedural stipulations shall be followed as the NVT A works to implement the transportation
strategies contained in the TransAction 2030 Plan:
· The adopted resolution of each member jurisdiction shall be appended to the
TransAction 2030 Plan.
· The NVT A shall continue to evaluate any highway corridor that is still projected to
experience one hour or more of stop-and-go traffic in 2030, even after the
implementation of the TransAction 2030 Plan in order to find ways to further reduce
this congestion.
· The NVTA shall continue to evaluate Metroraillines into Washington, D.C., in order
to understand capacity constraints and further identify improvements that will support
additional ridership growth.
· The TransAction 2030 Plan provides a balance of future investment in highway and
transit projects and enhances mobility throughout the region, and retaining this
balance should be a goal as the TransAction 2030 Plan is implemented.
· The TransAction 2030 Plan shall be updated and presented to the member
jurisdictions at least every five years.
· Since TransAction 2030 Plan did not add or delete projects from the Northern Virginia
2020 Transportation Plan adopted by the Transportation Coordinating Council of
Northern Virginia in December 1999, the next update of the Plan should include a
complete review of the project list to determine if changes are necessary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax agrees that the NVTA
should continue to review the interdependence between transportation and land use and
recommend future measures for improving this linkage.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fairfax agrees that, in general,
priority for funding and placement of the region's Constrained Long Range Plan of
TransAction 2030 Plan projects shall be determined using the project-based criteria and
rankings adopted by NVT A.
Adopted this 23 day of May 2006.
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ATTEST:
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Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
Councilwoman Cross Aye
Councilman Greenfield Aye
Councilwoman Lyon Aye
Councilman Rasmussen Aye
Councilman Silverthorne Aye
Councilmember Winter Aye