Tysons Corner Transportation/Urban Design Study

What's New!

• Thank you to all who attended the community workshops in February or submitted web comments.  Summaries of public input received, comments from the Task Force, and letters from citizen groups and landowners have been posted on the workshop page.  The Task Force will consider this input as it formulates a preferred alternative for the future of Tysons.
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• Check the meeting schedule for upcoming Task Force and subcommittee meetings.
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• Videos 
  • Seminar on Density (1:08:19)
    Jan. 28 Task Force meeting with four presentations on issues related to density.
    
    
  • Planning Commission Roundtable (26:47)
    Task Force members discuss land use decisions that will re-create the Tysons Corner area.
    
    
  • The Future of Tysons Corner (8:39)
    Produced for Channel 16's County Magazine program

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In 2004 the county faced many proposed changes to the Tysons Comprehensive Plan as a result of the four planned Metrorail stations. These changes represented the potential for substantial growth within Tysons, and the county recognized that it needed to update the existing Comprehensive Plan in order to plan for the future of Tysons Corner with rail. As a result, the Board of Supervisors authorized a Special Study of Tysons to evaluate the area's transportation system and land use and created the Tysons Land Use Task Force in March 2005 to consider the impacts of four planned Metrorail stations on land use within Tysons.

The mission (PDF) of the task force is to gather community input and recommend updates to the Tysons Comprehensive Plan. The task force is a 36-member group  representing residents, businesses, major employers, and community and civic organizations. The task force and the county are working together with the community to create a collective vision for a positive and exciting future for Tysons Corner.

The task force’s first task was to study the 1994 Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan and issues related to planning for growth and transit-oriented design. It then sought extensive public input to identify key values and concerns for the future of Tysons Corner via 20 community dialogues held in January and February 2006 and on-line comments.

After considering all of the values and issues raised by the community, the task force identified a set of draft guiding planning principles to provide clear and fundamental direction for planning a future model of Tysons. The task force obtained significant public comments on the draft principles and finalized the Guiding Planning Principles (PDF) in October 2006.

The task force is committed to open communication and ongoing public input to its work and process. The task force continues to meet on a regular basis and encourages public attendance of its meetings. The meeting schedule lists all task force meetings and events, and the meeting information index includes meeting summaries with links to presentations, maps, and documents.