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NVTC infographic containing the following text: Envision Route 7 Fall 2025 Outreach: The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission asked the community both in-person and online to share their vision for improving bus service along Route 7. Spreading the word: 41 days of public comment, 10 rider-focused events; 47% of interactions in languages other than English; 5 languages used to connect to the community (English, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, Amharic. What we heard: 70% of respondents ride the bus along Route 7, three-fourths ride the bus at least twice a week, 64% said they were satisfied or very satisfied with bus service. Bus improvement ideas we heard from respondents: Frequency, bus priority and hours of operation.

Collecting feedback on bus service along Route 7

Last fall, NVTC’s Envision Route 7 team hit the corridor to talk to residents, visitors, business owners and bus riders about their vision for bus service between Seven Corners and Mark Center/Southern Towers.

Across hundreds of conversations and online survey responses in five languages, three priorities rose to the top: more frequent service, bus priority and expanded hours. Data Visualization Manager Sophie Spiliotopoulos created this graphic to catalog the feedback received in the fall.

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