“The award recognizes an employer offering commuter benefits and incentives to encourage and reward their employees for using alternative means of transportation to and from work.”
“OmniRide and GMU partnered through the Employer Outreach arm of OmniRide’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program. The program assists employers to coordinate ridesharing and implement teleworking and commuter benefits programs for their employees.”
With the region’s elected officials gathering at their annual retreat this Friday and Saturday, the Coalition for Smarter Growth continued to urge reform of the region’s transportation priorities.
A national poll of 2001 voters (90% of whom are drivers) released last week by Transportation for America revealed that two-thirds of Americans know highway expansions don’t cure traffic. Sixty-seven percent of American voters polled agreed that widening highways attract more people to drive, which creates more traffic in the long run, defeating the stated purpose for countless road expansion projects across the country.
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission: “The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved 13 projects that will provide nearly $48 million in funding for Arlington County, DASH, Fairfax Connector, Fairfax County, OmniRide, and Virginia Railway Express. The projects are part of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission’s I-395/95 Commuter Choice program, which uses revenue from tolls to support efforts to reduce traffic congestion.”
Here are some of the approved projects in our area:
OmniRide: “OmniRide will hold a Senior Summit on June 15 from 10 am-2:30 pm at the Ferlazzo building [15941 Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge]. Community partners will showcase their services and provide resources for older adults, their families, and caregivers.”
“The event will include four 45-minute presentations by the following organizations:
OmniRide: “OmniRide will offer fare-free rides this Friday, June 9. Fare-free travel is being made available to passengers to reduce the number of single-occupancy cars on area roadways that contribute to pollution, which is especially important during this period of poor and smoky air quality from the Canadian wildfires.”
National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington: “Here is the latest Air Quality Forecast for today from http://AirNow.gov. Currently, much of the area has code Orange or Red air quality, and areas around the DC metro are purple or Very Unhealthy. For the most up to date information see http://airnow.gov.”
OmniRide: “OmniRide will hold a Senior Summit on June 15 from 10 am-2:30 pm at the Ferlazzo building [15941 Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge]. Community partners will showcase their services and provide resources for older adults, their families, and caregivers.”
“The event will include four 45-minute presentations by the following organizations:
In the same press release, the transit agency said buses that service four routes that serve Tysons Corner, Mark Center in Alexandria, the Pentagon, and L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C., will remain dormant.
Meanwhile, a $1.6 million micro-transit service for the Dumfries and Quanitco areas will also begin Monday, June 5, 2023.
