Arlington Celebrates Penrose Square Phase I Completion
The Arlington County community is invited to celebrate completion of Phase I of Penrose Square at 4 pm Thursday, November 8. The project, located at 2503 Columbia Pike in front of the new Penrose...
View ArticleArlington County Board Plans March 27 Streetcar Town Hall
All five Arlington County Board members plan to attend the Board’s Streetcar Town Hall meeting, scheduled on Wednesday, March 27 from 6:46 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School. The town hall is open...
View ArticleArlington County Reassessing Super Stop Design
Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan said today that the County is reassessing the design and timing of the roll out of its planned Columbia Pike Super Stops in the wake of public concern about...
View ArticleArlington County, WMATA Initiate Review of Transit Station Prototype
Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager Richard Sarles have agreed to review the design, construction and associated costs...
View ArticleColumbia Pike Streetcar Project Not Included In FTA’s Small Starts Program in...
Corridor improvements, including the Streetcar project, continue to move forward Arlington and Fairfax seeking clarification from FTA Project partners to explore all funding options ARLINGTON, Va. –...
View ArticleArlington Public Art Project Selected As One Of Top 50 In Nation
Arlington Public Art has been honored by the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network with a 2013 Year in Review “Top 50” designation for its project Echo. Submissions were judged on artistic...
View ArticleArlington County Review of Columbia Pike Super Stop Program Underway
Arlington County is launching a comprehensive review of the performance, cost, design and construction of the recently completed Walter Reed Super Stop prototype. The goal of the review is to...
View ArticleArlington Board Approves Columbia Pike Streetcar Agreement with Fairfax County
The Arlington County Board today approved the Columbia Pike Streetcar Project Agreement between Arlington and Fairfax County. The agreement replaces the 2009 coordination agreement between the two...
View ArticleArlington County to Update Columbia Pike Streetcar Capacity, ROI analysis
Arlington County will update its analysis of the transit capacity needed on Columbia Pike, and the projected Return on Investment (ROI) of the planned streetcar, to reflect new population and...
View ArticleArlington County Adopts Innovative Tools to Increase Affordable Housing on...
The Arlington County Board today adopted several new Planning and Zoning tools that could add 9,500 new homes along Columbia Pike over the next 30 years, and will help the County reach the Columbia...
View ArticleBoard Approves Columbia Pike Implementation Tools to Preserve, Create...
The Arlington County Board today adopted a set of implementation tools to help preserve the affordability of the 6,200 existing market rate affordable homes along the Pike as it is transformed to a...
View ArticleArlington County Board Approves $16.5 Million Loan to Preserve Affordable...
The Arlington County Board today approved a $16.5 million Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) loan to help AHC Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, purchase Serrano Apartments at 5535...
View ArticleArlington County Cuts Costs, Improves Design of Columbia Pike Transit...
Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan today announced plans to substantially reduce the cost of new transit stations along Columbia Pike and improve their functionality, based on rider feedback....
View ArticleStatement from Jay Fisette, Chair of the Arlington County Board
Chair Jay Fisette comments on the County Manager’s review and redesign of the Columbia Pike Transit Station Stops (formerly known as Super Stops).
View ArticleArlington County Manager Releases New Ridership and Cost Estimates for...
ARLINGTON, Va. – By 2035, transit ridership along the Columbia Pike and the Crystal City-Pentagon City corridors is expected to more than double, according to updated ridership forecasts released today...
View ArticleColumbia Pike Initiative Wins Award for “Best Corridor Plan”
The Congress for New Urbanism has awarded Arlington County’s Columbia Pike Initiative, designed to transform the Columbia Pike area to a walkable mixed-used main street, its 2014 “Best Corridor Plan.”
View ArticleColumbia Pike Super Stop Prototype Review Completed
Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan today released the third and final report related to the Walter Reed Super Stop prototype on Columbia Pike.
View ArticleArlington County Board Awards Streetcar Engineering Contract
The Arlington County Board today approved the award of a $26 million, multiphase contract to HDR Engineering, Inc. to begin engineering and design on the 7.4-mile Arlington-Fairfax streetcar system....
View ArticleVirginia Honors Arlington’s Columbia Pike Housing Efforts
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Arlington County has garnered two state awards for its efforts to preserve affordable housing and meet housing needs along Columbia Pike.
View ArticleArlington Cancels Streetcar Program
The Arlington County Board today voted to cancel the streetcar program that would have built a modern streetcar system along the Columbia Pike and Crystal City/Potomac Yard corridors.
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