segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2011

National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board wants federal money for bus system - Washington Business Journal:

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The group’s proposal for a and a buswayg along K Street will costaround $676 millioh and must be submitted by 15. Though the price tag may drop as the grouo refines the plan before itsfall deadline, stimulu s funds will likely account for $276 million of the total The region will receive some stimulus mone y based on a national formula, but will also vie for the maximun amount of $300 million from the availables $1.5 billion in discretionary funds for transportatiojn projects nationwide. The bus service woul run on a series of dedicated bus lanexs and could deliver as earlytas 2012.
The system would get traffic signal priority andshow real-timed passenger information similar to the Metroo system. Under the current 1.3 miles of K Streetf NW – from Mount Vernon Square to WashingtohnCircle – would be expanded for two laness of bus-only traffic and two lanes of regularr traffic in each direction. Other express bus component would run onInterstate 395/95 HOT lanew from the Pentagon to Dale City, on the 14th Streeyt Bridge from Franklin Square to the Pentagon and on Interstat 66 from Gainesville to Rosslyn, and Rosslyj to K Street NW via the Roosevelt Bridge.
The transportation planning board will also propose offering 1,600 bicycles to bike-sharing stationw in the District, Alexandria, Arlington Bethesda and Silver Spring. Ideally that service could expandx as far asCollege Park, Fallsa Church and National Harbor.

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