Bus routes I think would be popular and cost effective:
One that goes to the George Mason campuses. It’s perfectly ridiculous that there isn’t a reasonable way to get to that campus via public transportation, unless you go to West Falls Church and get on the bus there….a two-hour trip.
A local bus or buses that could take people from Leesburg, Sterling, and all the HOA centers to AOL, Verizon, Orbital, Dulles Town Center, and other major businesses.
A bus route to take people to Herndon and Reston (there’s already one to take people to Tysons!)The only way to accomodate more people on our roads is to try to get as many folks as possible out of their cars and onto mass transit. And the only way to do that is to have routes that are varied and useful.
We know who our major employers are. We know where our major residential centers are. It’s not too hard to map out what routes would be busy enough to warrent regular bus service.
Even more than new bus routes, I’d like to see Bus Rapid Transit come to Loudoun! BRT splits the difference between traditional buses, which can add to traffic, and light rail, which is a huge expense and investment.
Best of all, if a BRT line is highly successful, converting it to light rail is relatively straightforward as the necessary routes are already in place.