Support Regional Funding for Excellent Arlington & Alexandria Projects
Level of Effort: 5 minutes, at home, in your PJs
Deadline: Sun 5/17 11:59pm

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) controls billions of dollars in transportation funding for Northern Virginia.  It is currently accepting feedback on the 27 projects submitted by the various jurisdictions for some of this money.  Arlington has submitted 13 projects (the most they have ever submitted) - it is unlikely that all will be funded, so it is critical that we support the most important and worthy projects at the NVTA.

While all or nearly all of the projects submitted are worth constructing, we think the following are particularly well-equipped to move the needle on safety, mobility, and mode-shift:

  • ARL-026 - South George Mason Drive Multimodal Improvements - building a trail along South George Mason Drive
  • ARL-028 - North Glebe Rd at I 66 WB Off Ramp Intersection Improvements - making the Glebe exit from the Custis Trail useful for actually getting places safely
  • ARL-032 - Arlington Boulevard Trail - building a wide, continuous trail along Arlington Boulevard from Jackson St to Granada St
  • ARL-036 - Custis Trail Widening and Modernization - bringing the Custis trail up to modern safety standards and a consistent, sufficient width
  • ARL-037 - Eads Street Multimodal Improvements - consistent protected bike lanes on Eads St between 15th and 23rd

We also think it is worth supporting Alexandria's two submitted projects as they would contribute nicely to regional movement between the two jurisdictions in a sustainable way:

  • ALX-039 - Eisenhower Avenue and South Van Dorn Street Corridor Improvements - adding a two-way protected bike lane to Eisenhower Ave between Van Dorn and the existing trail, installing a missing sidewalk to connect to the Van Dorn Street Metro station
  • ALX-040 - Duke Street Transitway Phase 2 Van Dorn Street and Duke Street Interchange Improvements
Suggested Feedback

Important Note: NVTA staff seem to prioritize unique feedback.  Each comment often gets its own write-up, unless it is largely identical to other comments, in which case they just say "and XX people said this:" which undersells the support.  We highly encourage you to tweak our suggested feedback to make it unique -  including an additional Arlington project that you wish to support, commenting on a useless highway widening submitted by an outer suburb, or just re-organizing & re-wording out talking points.

Arlington Projects

  • ARL-026 - South George Mason Drive Multimodal Improvements
  • ARL-028 - North Glebe Rd at I 66 WB Off Ramp Intersection Improvements
  • ARL-032 - Arlington Boulevard Trail
  • ARL-036 - Custis Trail Widening and Modernization
  • ARL-037 - Eads Street Multimodal Improvements

Alexandria Projects

  • ALX-039 - Eisenhower Avenue and South Van Dorn Street Corridor Improvements
  • ALX-040 - Duke Street Transitway Phase 2 Van Dorn Street and Duke Street Interchange Improvements

Please provide your comments regarding the selected project(s):

ARL-026,ARL-0208,ARL-032,ARL-036, and ARL-037 are the most deserving regional projects submitted by Arlington County.  They would improve mode-shift away from single-occupancy vehicles, improve regional connectivity, improve safety, and are critical to meeting our climate and mobility goals.

ALX-039 is a worthy project that would improve regional bike connectivity.
ALX-040 is an important transit project would make meaningful improvements to regional transit coverage, travel times, and reliability.

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