2. Local Government Roundtable Session Arlington, Virginia
Lawrence Marcus, Bureau Chief
Transportation Engineering & Operations

3. Arlington, Virginia 25.8 sq. miles 215,000 residents and 220,600 jobs
276,000 residents and 308,000 jobs projected by 2040

4. Transportation Facilities & Services – Expanding Travel Options
1,100 lane-miles
19 miles of HOV lanes
12 miles of Metrorail lines and 11 stations
VRE commuter rail
Extensive regional and local bus
Expanding car-share program with over 80 cars
69 Capital Bikeshare stations
50 miles of multi-use trails
36 miles of on-street bike facilities

5. Transportation System Users in Arlington
Residents
Lowest resident drive-alone commute rate in VA
46% residents use non-SOV as commute mode
Employees Commuting to Arlington
Over 40% take transit, walk or bike to work.
Visitors
4 million plus visitors to Arlington National Cemetery
Over 11,000 hotel rooms used as a base for visitors from outside the region
Through Travelers & Commuters
Arlington Residents: Drive Alone Primary Commute Mode – 54% (2007 Arlington State of the Commute)
Arlington Residents: Drive Alone Second Only to DC (47%) in Region

6. Transportation System Use
> 4 million vehicle-miles of travel per day
220,000 Metrorail boardings/alightings
> 64,000 bus trips
> 3,000 commuter rail boardings/alightings
> 8,000 car-share members
> 200,000 transit-related walking trips

7. Smart Transportation Management Center

8. TMC Overview
Traffic management
Real time data collection
Transit management system
Pavement management
Smart streetlight system

9. Traffic Management Adaptive control system
Real time traffic detection systems
Emergency vehicle support system
Transit management system
Real time traffic monitoring
Queue detection system
180 CCTV Cameras

10. Smart Route Choices Balancing capacity promote safety
Three major arterials:
Arlington Blvd. (Rt. 50)
Lee Highway
Columbia Pike
Bluetooth technology tracks travel times in corridors
Travel times to key destinations displayed on DMSs
Messages Amber alerts and incident management
Balances capacity
Balancing capacity promote safety
First urban travel time system in NOVA
Providing information to make smart choices for drivers

11. Smart Streetlight System
Central controls
Improves roadway safety
Reduces power consumption
Helps incidents and
emergency managements
Proactive maintenance system

15. What's Next?

16. Transportation System Users in Arlington
Residents
Lowest resident drive-alone commute rate in all VA regions
46% residents use non-SOV as primary commute mode
Employees Commuting to Arlington
Over 40% take transit, walk or bike to work.
Visitors
4 million plus visitors to Arlington National Cemetery
Over 11,000 hotel rooms used as a base for visitors from outside the region
Through Travelers & Commuters
Arlington Residents: Drive Alone Primary Commute Mode – 54% (2007 Arlington State of the Commute)
Arlington Residents: Drive Alone Second Only to DC (47%) in Region

17. Transportation System Use
> 4 million vehicle-miles of travel per day
220,000 Metrorail boardings/alightings
> 64,000 bus trips
> 3,000 commuter rail boardings/alightings
> 8,000 car-share members
> 200,000 transit-related walking trips
< 50% of all resident and worker trips in the Metro Corridors by SOV

18. Rendering of Proposed 12th Street Station
Rte. 1/Crystal City Streetcar Conversion
Location of Planned Alignment
Rendering of Proposed 12th Street Station
This project involves conversion of the Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway to a Streetcar line that will connect to Columbia Pike Streetcar in Pentagon City – currently working on the environmental analysis joint project with Alexandria scheduled to be completed by May 2013, then we will conduct preliminary engineering in FY2014 followed by design-build, vehicle procurement, and testing estimated to take 4-5 years.
Example of Streetcar Elsewhere

19. Proposed Streetcar Design
Columbia Pike Streetcar
Proposed Streetcar Design
Stop Design
Columbia Pike has historically been an important thoroughfare between the District of Columbia and the Pentagon area at its eastern end, and residences and businesses along its route and toward the west. During early planning studies for the Washington Metro system, Columbia Pike was considered as an important radial corridor.

20. Integrated Corridor Management

21. Integrated Corridor Management
Urban Applications

22. Questions?