1964 • Urban Mass Transit Act of 1964 paves the way for transit expansion nationwide • Transportation District Act of 1964 creates • NVTC September 1: Initial Commission meeting • NVTC starts work on rapid transit system 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 • Endorse proposed rail rapid transit line • WMATA compact approved • WMATA ocially created • Metro planning begins! • Resolution to start • Outer Beltway Location Committee established • First WMATA board members selected • Right-of-Way preserved Metrorail construction • Washington and Old Dominion Railway for future Metrorail contacted for possible commuter rail line 1973 1972 1971 1970 • NVTC sets transit fares, routes and service levels in NoVA • 3 new bus routes and 20 new buses for the Shirley • Metro groundbreaking, • Grant to build nation’s rst transit way: 1974 • NVTC starts Computeride--a computerized carpool program Highway Bus project Shirley Expressway Shirley Highway Bus project • WMATA builds rst bus shelter – From 1974 to 1986 WMATA builds 828 bus shelters in the region • “Citizens First in Transportation" policy creates the Regional • First “fringe” parking lots – later “Park & Ride • Rosslyn pedestrian • NVTC coordinates Metro station site • NVTC's transfers Computeride to COG to merge with their growing carpool program Citizens Advisory Committee lots” - at the future Springeld Metrorail station bridge opens location and architectural design • NVTC coordinates Fairfax County's new bus program establishing a $100,000 fund to grant to • NVTC supports providing 3 computers for Fairfax, Arlington and site (400 spaces) and Huntington Metrorail • Aerial tour of NoVA with legislators to “any legitimate agency” to provide bus service – service later becomes Fairfax Connector Alexandria for trac signalization station site (150 spaces). Parking = 25-cents see urban sprawl and trac congestion • Legislation allows transit in the Dulles Airport Road median connecting the airport with Metro 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 • NVTC begins receiving state funds • First 4.6 miles of the Metrorail • NVTC coordinates bike trails • Supports installing bike lockers at Virginia Metrorail • Orange line begins service • NVTC creates a nancial plan to com- • New Ridesharing Demonstration • NVTC receives $4M in federal transit system open and 51,000 with Metro stations to Ballston – adds 4 new plete the 101-mile Metrorail system Project to promote ridesharing in operating funds for NoVA passengers ride free between • Sponsors Dulles Airport • NVTC contacts Southern Railway about service from stations: Court House, • NVTC secures 2% fuels tax for Metro. the I-66 corridor and establish an • Supports Northern Virginia Regional 5 Red Line stations from Rhode Access Demonstration project Culpeper, Manassas and Burke Centre to King Street Clarendon, Virginia Sq.-GMU The rst month's tax receipts for July, employer-based ridesharing Park Authority to secure the Wash- Island Ave to Farragut North to improve transportation Metrorail in Alexandria and Ballston and adds 2.63 1980 ($629,656) are forwarded to program ington and Old Dominion (W&OD) service to and from Metrorail • NVTC receives $1 million grant for WMATA's purchase of miles to the system WMATA on October 1 right-of-way for hiking and biking – advanced design buses, new wheelchair lifts, garage, later the W&OD Trail shop and oce equipment, and project management 1985 1983 1982 1986 • NVTC supports I-66 HOV-4 restrictions until new • Orange Line grows by 9.11 miles with opening of East Falls Church, West Falls • Public hearings on Orange Line opening to Vienna • NVTC promotes ridesharing in NOVA with 1984 Dulles Toll Road is opened promotional mailings for I-66 opening on Church, Dunn Loring and Vienna stations • Secures access for CUE buses at Vienna Metro station • Alexandria DASH begins service • NVTC promotes ways to increase Metro ridership December 22, compiling a Commuter Directory, • Study of the impact of state aid to Metrorail on the state economy conrms a 13% • Created rst computerized cost calculator for fares • NVTC oce electric typewriters replaced in NOVA: bus stop information and weekend encouraging vanpools - providing no interest ROI for transit • 2-year budget is adopted for 8-train, peak-period with personal computers ash passes loans of $750 and exploring parking for carpool • New shuttle service in Tysons Corner connects to West Falls Church Metro station service. Master Agreement negotiations begin • Bus Service Coordination Plan improves • NVTC receives $140,790 (state) for experimental and vanpool staging and storage • NVTC proposes a new Northern Virginia entity to help set priorities: later the transit service and eciency bus service from West Falls Church Metrorail Transportation Coordinating Council • Start development of a commuter rail project station to Rosslyn, to begin early in 1984 along two lines (Manassas and Fredericksburg) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 • Studied an integrated telephone 1992 • Metrorail sets record ridership of 564,265 trips • Opened Transit Store at Ballston • Metro adds 4-story, 1,300 space garage at Vienna station • Blue Line opens from King Street • Launched VRE to Manassas and info system for WMATA and local • Metrobus carries two billionth rider • 25th Anniversary symposium explores • Loudoun County joins NVTC to Van Dorn Street in Alexandria, Fredericksburg service bus systems. Leads to adding Metrorail carries one-billionth rider Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems • Commission sends delegation to Brazil to investigate railcar bids 3.57 mile extension brings system • Annual report on the Transportation local transit fare, schedule and • NVTC receives $750,000 (federal) to plan purchase and new toll technologies • $79M NVTC bond issue closes on February 7, 1990 to 79 miles and 67 stations Service Coordination Plan, includes 27 route information through of railcar and locomotives • Special ceremony and train ride to • Created a multi-agency transit access plan for the Dulles • First meeting: NVTC and PRTC’s recommendations on: planning, nance, WMATA's "ARTS" database • $79M debt issue to purchase 38 railcars, execute the VRE Master Agreement and Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Extension Transportation Coordinating Council transit/ridesharing coordination, and 10 locomotives, and a $200M insurance program operating agreements with Amtrak, congestion management Southern Railway, RF&P, and Conrail 1998 1997 1996 1995 1993 • 25th anniversary of Metrobus • Metrorail service begins to • WMATA celebrates 20th anniversary • WMATA begins SmartCard demo called GO CARD 1994 • Metrorail sets new ridership record of 811,000 trips for President • Arlington ART begins service with the Franconia-Springeld - adds • NVTC awarded APTA’s 1996 Outstanding at 19 Metrorail stations, 5 parking lots and 3 • MetroAccess provides Clinton Inauguration ART 90 in Crystal City 3.3 miles to Blue Line. Metrorail Government Agency award Metrobus lines curb to curb service for • Metrochek allows customers to redeem Metro fares for service • Falls Church Hybrid Bus Pilot: Kick-o now has 75 stations and is a • $700,000 grant to start a regional smart- • New VRE access agreement with CSXT through people with disabilities on 29 transit systems 92.4 mile system • VRE TRIP communications system card-based fare integration project with June ’99 expands service • 30th Anniversary • NVTC receives and allocates $45.6 M in state bonds to support WMATA • Managed $23M to nance the all transit systems • NVTC initiates enlargement of tunnel under • NVTC negotiates with CSXT to operate additional VRE trains to purchase of 13 bi-level railcars for VRE U.S. Capitol for VRE bi-level railcars in the future relieve overcrowding • New VRE station at Lorton • 10 additional VRE railcars added • November 3: Metrobus carries 3 billionth rider 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 • WMATA begins selling fares, passes and • Average week-day ridership for July hits record 616,233 – the highest • Metro opens second multi-level parking facility at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU • Transit technology expo with • Loudoun Co. commuter bus re-brands and merchandise on-line at www.wmata.com daily ridership month in Metro history station. The 2,200 space, six level garage lls up daily by 10 am 14 high-tech exhibitors & over re-launches as LC Transit • WMATA launches SmarTrip – permanent • September 14: SmartBenets launched – allowing employers to fund • 25th anniversary of Metrorail 200 attendees • Transit Education Day with VTA in Richmond rechargeable plastic farecard for SmarTrip cards directly • 90 day test of SmarTrip cards on Arlington buses begins • Transit Ridership increases 10% • NoVA Transit E-schedules launched for cell Metrorail trips and parking • Executive Order encourages transit ridership by requiring all federal agencies • Kicked o installation of SmarTrip fare boxes on Northern Virginia Bus Systems on free fare days on Code Red phones, personal digital assistants and to provide the full $65 benet to all employees the Washington area • September 11: Terrorists attack the Pentagon. Transit systems provide safe Ozone Alert days handheld computers • Procurement begins for new Falls Church bus (ELECTREK) - 4 hybrid-electric passage for riders • Start National Transit Database program; buses connecting the East and West Falls Church Metrorail stations – later • NVTC convenes regional transit systems to improve emergency coordination generates $4M in federal funding becomes GEORGE and communication 2008 2007 2006 2005 • Record $42.5M collected in motor fuels •