On September 13, 2005, TAGS, the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Virginia Transit Association (VTA) sponsored a Transportation Tour for members of the Virginia General Assembly to help educate legislators regarding pressing transportation issues of Northern Virginia. This event is planned to be the first of an on-going series of events to facilitate the relationship between Northern Virginia and other parts of Virginia as well as between local and state governments.

Among the elected officials participating were:

Virginia Delegate Al Eisenberg
Virginia Delegate Joe May
Virginia Delegate Ed Scott
Virginia Delegate Leo Wardrup
Fairfax County Supervisor Dana Kauffman

During the tour, legislators rode a Metrobus to the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station, where they boarded a train to Ballston. In Arlington they heard presentations about smart growth in Arlington, Northern Virginia transit issues and mobility needs, pubic opinion about transportation issues, dedicated revenue for Metro, status of Metro, and VRE priorities. Presenters included developers, transportation organizations and local government officials. After the presentations they rode Metrorail back to Springfield.

Outside Franconia-Springfield Metro Station	Riding Metrobus
Introduction to Metrorail system	Boarding Metro train
Riding Metrorail	Exiting Ballston Metro station