Metro wants to hear from D.C. residents about how buses, bikes and sidewalks should connect the massive RFK campus redevelopment to the rest of the city, and it's holding a public open house Tuesday, Aug. 25, to gather that feedback.

The meeting runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Coletta of Greater Washington, 1901 Independence Ave. SE, near the RFK site. Attendees can review early ideas for improving transit and accessibility, share priorities with the project team and ask questions. Metro announced the event on its official social media account Aug. 21.

The transit study is one piece of a much larger puzzle. The 180-acre campus along the Anacostia River will house a $3.8 billion stadium project anchored by the Washington Commanders' new 65,000-seat domed venue, plus thousands of housing units and mixed-use development. The Commanders are investing $2.7 billion, with the District contributing $1.1 billion for infrastructure and a sports complex, according to Construction Dive.

Construction is expected to begin in spring 2027 and finish by spring 2030.

According to earlier reporting on a WMATA study, a new rail station at the site is not feasible, and the existing Stadium-Armory station cannot handle game-day crowds on its own. Metro's proposed solution is the Gold Line, a bus rapid transit route planned in three phases. The first phase would run from the stadium north to Benning Road and west along H Street NE to Union Station, with later phases extending east to Benning Road Metro and west through Georgetown to Rosslyn. Phase 1 would not open until the stadium does in 2030.

The open house comes as the broader RFK master plan nears a critical deadline. D.C. Director of Planning Anita Cozart told Bisnow in an Aug. 11 report on the stadium's construction team that her office expects to submit a revised master plan to the D.C. Council in early fall and hopes the body will approve it by year's end. The transit study feeds directly into that planning process.

The District's planning office projects the full campus buildout will deliver 5,000 to 6,500 housing units, with at least 30% designated affordable, along with roughly 30,000 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent positions.

This is the latest chance for residents to weigh in. The D.C. Office of Planning held community open houses in March and an online survey through mid-April as part of the master plan process.

Residents who cannot attend Tuesday's open house can find study details and leave feedback on Metro's RFK project page.