Gainesville

WARNING: objects in mirror may be even closer than they appear	Antioch Elementary - former school on Thoroughfare Road	Thoroughfare Road - why wasn't it paved before 2005?	Thoroughfare Road neighborhood in the 1990's
traffic backed up by train	hauling coal hoppers, boxcars, or trailers?	Virginia Gateway center (cf. Harris Pavilion in Manassas)	Virginia Gateway retail (cf. King Street in Alexandria)

• Battle to Stop Disney's America
• Anthony Downs
• Challenges Of Congestion In Regional Transportation
• Can Transit Tame Sprawl?
• Charles Baptie Historic Aerial Photographs (from GMU Libraries Special Collections & Archives)
• Gainesville
• Community Performing Arts Center
• Disney America
• Fairlee-Metro West (next to a Metro station, in contrast to Gainesville...)
• Fairfax Citizens For Responsible Growth
• Fairfax County - Vienna/MetroWest
• Fairgrowth Network
• Fairlee - MetroWest Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Development Project
• MetroWest
• GMU Center for Regional Analysis
• Future of Prince William County
• Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance
• Journey Through Hallowed Ground" Initiative Underscores Importance of Western Corridor
• National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB)
• Population Realities Highlight Commonwealth's Neglect of Western Corridor
• Tri-County Parkway Location Study
• Western Transportation Corridor
• Western Transportation Corridor - State's Abdication of Fundamental Responsibility Continues
• Prince William County
• African American Heritage Map
• Progress Prince William
• 2006 State of the County Remarks of Chairman Sean Connaughton
• Rural Crescent
• Developers cast eye at rural crescent
• Prince William County Comprehensive Plan
• I-66/Route 29 (Gainesville) Sector Plan
• Long-Range Land Use Map
• Sewer Plan and map distinguishing "Development Area" from "Rural Area"
• Potomac News - Discover Prince William
• Potomac News - Rural Crescent faces change
• Washington Post - Density Limits Only Add To Sprawl - Large Lots Eat Up Area Countryside
• Smart Growth News - Virginia
• Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
• Northern Virginia 2020 Transportation Plan (NOTE: the Summary Report superceded some earlier sections)
• 2020 Plan Map
• Corridor and Employment Maps
• What is the CLRP?
• Tri-County Parkway Location Study
• Federal Highway Administration - Manassas National Battlefield Park Bypass EIS (Routes 29 & 234)
• Washington Post
• Prince William Shifts Strategy For Struggling Office Park

Topics to Explore

- will Gainesville develop into an Edge City, with high rises like Tysons? why, or why not?
- will Pentagon contractors create jobs in Gainesville? why, or why not?
- how would Gainesville look if Disney America had been built?
- would you have supported building Disney America?
- what is the "Rural Crescent" in Prince William County? how does it compare to the "Occoquan downzoning" in Fairfax?
- why was the Antioch Elementary School abandoned rather than expanded?
- how would the Thoroughfare neighborhood ("The Settlement") have developed if Disney America had been built? why is it being transformed now?
- what is "sewering the green," and why is the Smart Growth comunity opposed to it?
- is Gainesville expected to be an "employment center" in VDOT's transportation planning, so roads/transit will be designed to move people from their homes to jobs located in Gainesville? - why does the Smart Growth community oppose rezoning land in Gainesville for more houses/retail stores?
- what will happen to the current traffic pattern when already-approved houses/retail are actually built?
- why is there a train track crossing US29 in Gainesville? what sort of cargo is transported on it? what would be the impact of removing that rail line, rather than building bridges over top of it?
- should taypayers subsidize a new VRE station in Gainesville/Haymarket? is there any way to extend rail or "bus rapid transit" (BRT) to western Prince William County without a taxpayer subsidy?
- should taxpayers finance office parks like Innovation@Prince William? should job centers financed by government funds be located next to mass transit?
- how could traffic congestion in Gainesville be reduced? how should your recommendation be funded?