Transportation systems can shape an area's growth patterns, economic vitality and quality of life. The Region's transportation system provides for the mobility of people and goods, influences patterns of growth and economic activity through accessibility to land. The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is an evaluation of the current status and future needs of our Regional transportation system. The LRTP includes anticipated improvements for all modes of travel over the next 20-30 years, including streets and highways, public transportation/transit, railroads, and bicycle and pedestrian needs.
The LRTP is a collaborative effort. It is developed using input provided by regional government, agencies, local citizens, FAMPO Committee members, and FAMPO staff. The long-range planning process involves many steps. FAMPO staff research and analyze what the communities and Region will be like in terms of population, jobs, housing, commuting patterns, financing and land use. In order to make this picture of the future as accurate as possible, regional public participation is vital. The FAMPO Policy Committee is ultimately responsible for the final decision concerning the plan's adoption. that includes other long range plans and covers what the Region wants to achieve and what may be funded between now and 2035. The LRTP is updated every four years. Projects included in the LRTP will ultimately fold into a Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), which reviews and prioritizes projects from the LRTP to be funded and pursued over the next three years. Updating the Region’s long range plan every four years ensures that Regional demographics, economic trends and travel demand are reviewed and that needed projects are approved and programmed for funding and construction.
The George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) District 16 has been Virginia's fastest growing Region since 1980 when its growth rate surpassed Northern Virginia. Today the Region has a population of more than 315,000 people. It is one of the four largest metropolitan/urbanized areas in Virginia, and is forecast to grow to nearly 600,000 people by 2035. According to the Virginia Employment Commission, the George Washington Region will remain Virginia's fastest growing area by a wide margin for at least the next 25 years. As part of the GWRC, FAMPO is responsible for transportation planning and approval of federal transportation funding for the Region.
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The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) inserted an Executive Summary of the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) in the Free Lance Star on Monday, July 13, 2009. This Summary presents a history of the Region, projections for future population growth, a discussion on the relationship between land development and the transportation system, and a summary of the Long Range Transportation Plan to help the Region address its rapid growth through the year 2035.
FAMPO launched an unprecedented public involvement outreach unlink ever before in the history of our Metropolitan Planning Organization. We strongly believe that the input from our citizens and stakeholders were essential during the development of our LRTP. That input provided early and ongoing opportunities to share information, to bring together varied points of view, to obtain input from diverse stakeholders, and to focus on reaching out to the traditionally underserved, low-income and minority communities in our region. Because we believe that the Long Range Transportation Plan is so important to the future of our region, we would like to thank the citizens and stakeholders who took the time and made the effort to provide comments and inputs.
Regional Transportation Telephone Survey - Fall 2009
Between July 16, 2009 and August 2, 2009, a 22-minutes telephone survey was conducted to capture how local residents view the state of the area transportation. Survey respondents included 450 Stafford residents, 450 Spotsylvania residents, and 200 residents each in King George and Caroline County, selected at random.
The Southeastern Institute of Research conducted the survey, mostly to gauge public awareness of a Long Range Transportation Plan for the Fredericksburg area in 2035, published earlier this year.
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Documents
A Resolution of the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Adopting the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan for the George Washington Region 
2035 LRTP Constrained Transit Map
