The March 13 editorial “Leave well enough alone,” on the Virginia transportation bill, characterized the coalition that defeated the 2002 referendum on a sales tax for transportation as “anti-growth activists and anti-tax conservatives.” This is a false characterization. The leading activists have consistently supported planning for robust growth in the

Regarding Robert McCartney’s March 7 Metro column “Deal is near to shift traffic out of Manassas battlefield park”: Everyone involved agrees on the need to direct commuter traffic away from the national battlefield park to protect the park’s history, meaning and visitors. However, not everyone agrees that the proposed new

VDOT's OUTER BELTWAY Community Meeting Monday, March 11 7:00 - 9:00 PM Chantilly Regional Library 4000 Stringfellow Rd - Chantilly (map) - served by Fairfax Connector bus rt. 605 Come early to view maps & displays Resources PowerPoint presentation Outer Beltway handout At the meeting, we discussed how the Outer

Earlier this week, the Coalition for Smarter Growth issued a report on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transportation, including a set of nine principles to guide long-term regional planning for the next generation of transit. The Coalition for Smarter Growth, a non-profit, works to promote smart growth in the Washington,

Transit and smart growth activists greeted leaders in Annapolis today with gravestones representing “the impending death” of transportation projects such as the Purple Line if the General Assembly does not come up with transportation funding in this legislative session. Representatives from D.C.-based Coalition for Smarter Growth, which is spearheading the