[Archived] City of Alexandria Invites Public to Attend Forum To Discuss Local and Regional Transportation Initiatives on Thursday, April 19

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	April 13, 2007 PIO# 092-07/rdo	Steve Mason, Director of Communications, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

City of Alexandria Invites Public to Attend Forum To Discuss
Local and Regional Transportation Initiatives on Thursday, April 19

Alexandria’s Mayor William D. Euille and City Council members are inviting the public to attend a forum to discuss local and regional transportation initiatives. The transportation forum will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Madison Building Auditorium, located at 600 Dulany St. During the event, transportation representatives from local, state, and regional agencies will share information with the community on local and regional transportation efforts.

Steve Eldridge, columnist of The Examiner’s “Sprawl and Crawl,” will serve as moderator for the forum. Local, state, and regional representatives who will address expected travel/mobility conditions in the region, key regional issues during the next decade, and upcoming projects/initiatives of regional significance include:

William D. Euille, Mayor
City of Alexandria

Robert E. Griffiths, Director of Technical Services
National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board

Rick Canizales, Manager, TransAction 2030
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority

Nat Bottigheimer, Acting Assistant General Manager of Planning and Joint Development
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

J. Lawrence Robinson, Chairman
City of Alexandria Transportation Task Force

Justin Wilson, ChairmanAlexandria Transit Corporation

Richard J. Baier, P.E., Director of Transportation and Environmental Services
City of Alexandria

The USPTO is a short walk from the King Street Metro Station and accessible by DASH transit bus line #AT 8. For DASH schedule information, call 703-370-DASH or visit www.dashbus.com. For Metrorail and Metrobus schedule information, call 202-637-7000 or visit www.wmata.com.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the City’s Human Rights Code and the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or to request materials in an alternative format, call Geralyn Taylor of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services at 703-838-3800 (TTY 703-838-5056) or e-mail geralyn.taylor@alexandriava.gov.

For more information on the City’s transportation forum, call Richard Baier, Director, or Tom Culpepper, Deputy Director, of the Department of Transportation and Environmental Services at 703-838-4966.

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