The Census Tract Population Near Bus Stops and Rail Stations layer was created for the Strategic Plan Housing and Neighborhood Livability Dashboard to estimate bus and rail access throughout the county.

Bus and rail stops were retrieved through a static GTFS Feed or shapefile for the following services and agencies: Alexandria DASH, Amtrak, Fairfax City CUE, Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit, OmniRide, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Virginia Railway Express (VRE).

GTFS Feeds

• ART: https://data.trilliumtransit.com/gtfs/altavista-va-us/altavista-va-us.zip

• DASH: http://dashbus.com/google_transit.zip

• Fairfax Connector: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/sites/connector/files/assets/connector_gtfs.zip

  • Alternative link: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/connector/bustracker/data/gtfsrt

• Loudoun County: https://www.loudoun.gov/loudountransitgtfs

• OmniRide: http://omniride.com/omniride/assets/File/google_transit.zip

• WMATA bus: https://api.wmata.com/gtfs/bus-gtfs-static.zip

• WMATA rail: https://api.wmata.com/gtfs/rail-gtfs-static.zip

• VRE: https://gtfs.vre.org/containercdngtfsupload/google_transit.zip

Manual Downloads

• Amtrak (from USDOT): https://data-usdot.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/amtrak-stations/explore?location=35.522786%2C-80.613561%2C4.43

• Fairfax CUE: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Services/CUE-Bus/Schedules-and-Maps

• Virginia Railway Express (alternative to GTFS feed): https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/DCGIS::virginia-railway-express-stations/explore?location=38.851008%2C-77.162867%2C12

Bus access is defined as living within 0.25 mi. of a bus stop managed by the following agencies that serve Fairfax County: Alexandria DASH, Fairfax Connector, Fairfax City CUE, Loudoun County Transit, OmniRide and WMATA.

Rail access is separated into three metrics: living within 0.5 mi. of a WMATA heavy rail station, 1 mi. from a VRE commuter rail station and 1 mi. from an Amtrak intercity passenger rail station.

The above distances to a bus stop or rail station are based on USDOT's accessibility standards for public transportation. Amtrak is not part of public transportation, but 1 mi. was used to estimate accessibility.

For more information, please contact the Department of Management and Budget’s Countywide Data Analytics team.

Contact: Department of Management and Budget

Email: DMB-DataAnalytics@fairfaxcounty.gov

Data Accessibility: Publicly Available

Update Frequency: As Needed

Last Revision Date: 3/27/2026

Creation Date: 9/15/2025

Layer Name: DMBMGR.TRANSIT_ACCESS