* VDOT Hearing on King St RR Bridge

[Bruce Dwyer]

Heads up.  I will not be in town. Please attend if you can.  These meetings
are pretty cool.  You can talk to engineers and give a statement to a court
reporter.  Lots of movement and no need to wait in line or stand up in front
of an audience.  Give me some feed back and I will draft a letter when I
return.
The hearing tonight is still on because we have to have and time is running
out. It may not amount to much.  Show up if you can but is not critical.
thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dwyer" <ouibike at worldnet.att.net>
To: "vbf" <vbf at cycling.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: VDOT Hearing in Alexandria


> VDOT is holding one of its citizen information/public participation
meetings
> on  the proposed replacement of the railroad bridge over King St. at the
> Metro station.  This project will include the construction of 4 travel
lanes
> and improved pedestrian access from Commonwealth Ave. to Russell Road.
The
> meeting will be Wednesday, January 26, 2000 between 5 PM and 7 P.M. in the
> Carter Room of the Embassy Suites Hotel at 1900 Diagonal Road, across from
> the Metro Station. See Washington Post, Thursday, January 20, page VA3 for
> advertisement.
> .
> I urge your attendance to speak up on the behalf of bicyclists and
> pedestrians.  The Alexandria Bicycle Committee showed up for a similar
> meeting several years ago on the replacement of the railroad bridge at
> Braddock Road. VDOT had planned only for a narrow sidewalk.  Subsequent to
> the meeting they widened the sidewalk and the inside travel lane and
> provided for a crossing of Braddock to the trail on the south side of the
> street.  We need to be sure that this project also includes sufficient
> bicycle and pedestrian accommodation.  There has been much study of
> pedestrian access to the King Street Metro.  I expect there has been less
> study of bicycle access through and around this area.  Bicycle
accommodation
> for this project is called for in the City of Alexandria Bicycle
> Transpiration and Multi-use Trail Master Plan adopted by the City Council
in
> 1998.
>
>