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Transportation: Strategies & Solutions (n=96)
Participant No. Participant Comment
00003 Define now the routes for public transportation. Light rail routes should be defined now.
00003 Elevated mono rail could be placed in our watersheds.
00003 County road improvements should include sidewalk requirements, curbing, et…
00021 Improve the quality of roads. There is no excuse for Pepper's Ferry to be as dangerous as it is. Some of the county roads in our county are appalling
00022 Improve snow and ice removal
00022 Improve traffic flow - Hire a professional
00023 Train service in Cambria
00023 Less money for new roads, more for public bike and walk trails
00028 Work with delegates & congressmen to re-establish passenger rail
00028 Widen bus transportation to other areas of County
00049 Rt 8 R 114, Pilot Road improvements to meet traffic needs - too many deaths
00050 Place guard rails on more of the secondary roads
00050 Existing Roads Rt 8, Rt 114, Pilot Rd. improvements - Many deaths on these roads - reduce speed limits
00111 VDOT Road Plan
00122 The Two-Town Trolley is a cruel joke - We could buy the few riders individual cab fares more cheaply than maintain a large bus.
00128 More money on roads, less of brand-new schools popping up everywhere!
00128 Money put toward sidewalks (new & repair old ones)
00131 Think walking, allow all development to include easy walking
00136 Time lights, turn off comuter, no excuse for stopping at every Main St. Light, free flow traffic 460
00137 Cut back on traffic by providing public transport
00137 Develop incentives for carpooling (tax breaks; etc.)
00142 Train service in C'burg
00144 Improve 114
00148 Improve Rt 114 - widen/make extra turn lane.
00155 Maintain roads that are already in place
00155 Upgrade roads that are already in place
00163 Secondary Roads - improve
00165 Public transportaion including bike paths, trams, & trains.
00179 Hiring better/more experienced traffic planning engineers.
00190 Devise a comprehensive plan for public transportations, recreation, residential development
00195 Accelerate development of bikeways - link with other bikeways
00211 Transportation
00211 Improve roads
00213 Reduce congestion through better roads
00220 More road development
00222 Re-evaluate and expand roads where needed.
00231 Make sure current road system is maintained
00234 Connection of bikeway, walking paths across county, even extend to Pandapas & Brown Farm area
00252 Establish alternate means of transportation that are convenient & accessible.
00285 bikeways
00296 More bike - walking pahts
00327 Monitor housing growth w/road capacity
00328 Look at the impact of more residences at roads that are already maxed out (Rt 114) Some county roads (Peppers Ferry Rte 114) are already - This has not been done and more building is planned for Rte 114.
00344 Limit future development near NRV Mall or rework traffic - too congested
00362 stop building new roads
00366 more exits out of Mall/Target areas to relieve traffic
00379 Look into gas busses & other natural gas vehicle for county
00379 It would be impossible to go from New River Mall to other side of 460 to shop. We need some way that people can go from one area to another out there without getting back into their cars & polluting by waiting at those stop lights.
00379 Need more emphasis on walking other places also
00400 Parking in Blacksburg is a serious problem, needs study.
00402 Dealing with local infrastructure as state/fed funds dry up
00411 We must get train service to Charlottesville, Richmond, DC, and Chicago
00411 We must have an airport
00411 Just picture I-81 & Rte 460 (even will all possible expansion) as the population of our county doubles (a conservative estimate) over the next 25 years)
00412 Local, state, and federal governments should subsidize rail traffic at least to the extent they already subsidize passenger cars, commercial trucking, and air transportation.
00425 No more building roads!!!!
00428 Transportation Appropriated funding for law enforcement (to make a diff)
00429 Improve highway access
00432 More investment in public transportation
00434 Use inzble block when possible (zirated concrete)
00435 keep the transportation system running through the towns
00440 An attractive parking arrangement at tech
00447 Focus less on vehicular transportation and more on public transit and sidewalks
00450 Bring county roads up to state ruled standards
00450 Establish limited bus route to subdivisions to cut pollution of traffic
00454 Proliferation of roads - extensive mass transit & railroad systems
00467 $ for more buses and lines
00468 no new multi-lane roads- improve what's here
00492 Road conditions
00498 fix existing roads rather than build new ones
00503 Increase public transporation
00504 Improve roads to Roanoke and into the Ellett Valley
00529 encourage public transport - including passenger train
00537 Gasoline tax or tolls to provide funding for roads.
00539 81 traffic controlled thru area
00548 improve Rte 8 & Rte 114. Too many accidents
00547 Improve water, sewage, roads
00593 sidewalks
00593 better traffic control
00597 Develop an ordinance to build sidewalks & make roads better
00599 we need better roads
00599 we need more side walks
00599 we need public transportation
00606 Develop a long range plan for gradually increasing usable public transportation
00609 Compact downtown parking and public transport to downtown to encourage downtown business
00631 Clean up ugly, unsightly areas along 460 bypass (new sections)
00669 No new highways or roads (We have enough & residents have put up with enough construction
00682 Build multistory parking garages
00698 The future for us residents on Falling Branch Rd would be a lot brighter if we could get the County to take enough interest in our welfare to pave our road.
00698 We [Falling Branch] pay our share like other countians, but we receive very little from our tax dollars on our road.
00699 To upgrade rural areas such a roads
00699 Streams should be kept clean when you grade the excell gravel goes into creeks so there is that much less flow space for the water & then it overflows its banks.
00699 In some places the creeks are not much lower than the roads so therefore we have floods
00700 use toll booths to collect money on highways for road -not property taxes
00701 toll booths on highways (81 specifically) to provide maint. Funding
00704 No more roads to no where

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