Reston Bus Service: Good Work in Progress, RCA Reston 2020 Committee, May 22, 2013

This RCA Reston 2020 report highlights the significant improvements in the Reston transit plan since our last report on the plan and identifies a number of improvements for making it better.  

Our earlier paper, “Building on Reston’s Transit Tradition:  Enhancing Bus Service with the Arrival of Metrorail,” examined the state of the County’s planning and our recommendations for further improving that plan.   We greatly appreciate the openness and responsiveness of the County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) in presenting its draft plan and listening to the feedback we and many others provided. 

Like its predecessor, this paper follows up on the presentations staff made to the community in early May, the feedback we heard at those meetings, and our independent analysis of the transit proposal as it has evolved since then.  Besides noting the substantial improvements in the proposed transit plan, we identify some apparent shortfalls in bus service across Reston and some continuing gaps in coverage as service shifts from one period to another.  We appreciate that effort Supervisor Hudgins has made to garner additional funding for transit service and we make some suggestions on the options FCDOT has laid out for that service.  

   Reston Bus Service:  Good Work in Progress, May 22, 2013 by Terry Maynard