The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has prepared a report about tour bus management. The report contains a chapter of best management practices from other jurisdictions. It also contains a chapter about policies and facilities that could be created in the District to enhance tourism while minimizing negative impacts on neighborhoods and infrastructure. To view the report on-line, go to:
Hard copies of the report can be viewed at places listed at the next page of this section.
A stakeholders meeting for tour bus companies, associations, museums, government agencies and ANCs will be held December 17, 2003 at 10:00 am. At this meeting, the Volpe Report will be presented and discussed.
National Capital Planning Commission
401 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 500 North
(Near Archives Metrorail Station)
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A broader meeting for the public will be held January 14, 2004, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm. From 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, there will be informal discussion. From 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm, people can make formal statements about their reaction to the report. In particular, we are anxious to hear about which recommendations should be implemented, which ones should be dropped, and which ones may have been overlooked or omitted.
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 412
Public Entrance from D Street (South Side of Building)
(Near Federal Triangle & Metro Center Metrorail Stations)
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Written comments on the Volpe report will be accepted until January 30, 2004. Please send them to:
Rick Rybeck
Deputy Administrator for Transportation Policy & Planning
District Department of Transportation
2000 14th Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
or Email
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