The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) has approved millions in new transportation investments for Prince William County, including funding to advance the Dale City Transit Priority Project.
This project is about more than getting buses through traffic faster. It is about beginning to build a transportation network around connections, not just cars.
I’m particularly excited about this one because of what it could unlock for our part of the County.
The project originates in the heart of Dale City and would create dedicated peak-hour lanes for buses and HOV 3+ vehicles along Minnieville Road, ultimately connecting the Dale City Commuter Lot with the Horner Road Commuter Lot and I-95.
But look at the communities and destinations along that connection.
Dale City.
The under-construction Quartz District.
Southern Lake Ridge and the Old Bridge Road communities.
The Prince William Parkway.
Horner Road, one of our most important commuter transit hubs.
When you start connecting those dots, you begin to see something bigger than a single transportation project.
We have already secured funding to study the future of the Horner Road area as a true transit hub. We are doing work around the potential Landing Town Center. New communities are being built at Quartz District. And now we have the opportunity to advance high-capacity transit connections between existing neighborhoods, emerging communities, and the commuter resources thousands of people already rely on.
That is how we begin building a transportation network that gives people real choices.
For decades, much of Prince William County was built around the assumption that nearly every trip would be made by car. The result is familiar to all of us: congestion, long commutes, and communities that can sometimes be geographically close while still feeling disconnected without a vehicle.
We cannot undo that development pattern overnight.
But we can build the connections that were missing.
We can make transit faster and more reliable. We can better connect neighborhoods to commuter hubs. We can plan new communities around multimodal access instead of simply adding more cars to already crowded roads.
And, critically, we can connect these investments to one another instead of treating every transportation project as an island.
Thank you to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for its multimodal, multimillion-dollar commitment to Prince William County and our region.
I look forward to coordinating with my friend and colleague Neabsco District Supervisor Victor Angry, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (OmniRide), our transportation team, and the community as we work to bring the Dale City Transit Priority Project to fruition.
The future of transportation in Prince William County cannot simply be more lanes for more cars. It has to be about moving more people and connecting more communities.
This is a meaningful step in that direction.
