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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]VDOT is still taking parent input on their proposed pilot program to close the 1495 ramp weekdays from 1-7pm in an effort to discourage MD cut-through drivers and improve accessibility to our public schools and navigation in local neighborhoods.  A second VDOT meeting will be held in the Fall.  It is critical that parents show up to have their voices heard.   
 
Email VDOT at:

meetingcomments@vdot.virginia.gov

And copy our local representatives at:

Dranesville@FairfaxCounty.gov, district31@senate.virginia.gov, DelKMurphy@house.virginia.gov
	
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How exactly do you expect Maryland residents to get to their jobs in VA, and why do you expect VDOT to close a ramp in the Langley area and divert traffic elsewhere in McLean and Arlington?  [/quote]

I expect them to stay out of our neighborhoods and on roads deemed appropriate for commuter traffic.  I also expect VDOT to prioritize the interests of taxpaying Virginians pay for Virginians roads over the interests of Marylanders.  Sorry but the fact that Maryland refuses to make appropriate infrastructure improvements to the AL Bridge - which they own - does not make their commute interests my priority.  When they want to add another bridge to cross the Potomac at a more northern point or make improvements to the ALB, they'll have my support.  Until then, I'm prioritizing the interestes of Virginia kids trying to get to school.  [/quote]

You are prioritizing the interests of the richest people in NoVa over everyone else in the DMV is what you're doing. [/quote]

Actually, you are wrong. VDOT's own report clearly stated the bottleneck caused by the Georgetown Pike ramp is reverberating throughout the region.  If they close it, the traffic will continually flow over the ALB much better.    So in fact, this takes into consideration all DMV drivers - not just those Marylanders trying to get home.  And in fact, you seem to feel it is okay to let entire neighborhoods in McLean be sacrificial lambs for the convenience of Maryland commuters.  It's rush hour.  The pain should be shared among all those in the DMV.  Right now it's not.  The kids in these areas did not choose the locations of their public schools.  And they shouldn't have to spend hours on the GTPike to get to their schools or to their activities.  The greater public should be considered and the closure proposal does just that.  The borders for these schools run nearly 18 miles.  So it's not just a wealthy enclave that gets back navigational routes to their public services.  It's the entire GF/McLean/Reston/Vienna areas from which LHS and CMS pulls.  And anyone traversing the Beltway now gets a smoother flow of traffic too.  Win Win. [/quote]

The Cooper/Langley boundaries are nutty because over the years the rich folks made sure that only other rich folks' kids could attend those schools.  They pressured their elected officials to keep Cooper/Langley ut of boundary studies and add only other  rich neighborhoods to the Cooper/Langley catchment areas.

If it's biting you in the ass now, so be it.  That's not a reason to divert traffic to other people's neighborhoods just because you want to preserve the illusion that you live in some tony rural retreat with no traffic. 
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Oh I get it.  So for you, this isn't really about better traffic flow for the DMV. This is about your version of sticking it to rich people.  Typical of you libs. [/quote]

It's about both traffic and about requiring privileged Langley a-holes to live with their decisions and not try to stick it to everyone else, which is what you've been doing for decades. [/quote]

Op here. I’m new to the area so I’m genuinely curious where the traffic from my home area comes from. I live about 2 miles west of the 495 ramp off Georgetown pike. There are no office buildings that I know of around my house. I know there are offices in tysons and downtown McLean but not where I live.[/quote]

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