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Do you have any suggestions or feedback on how the draft policies could be improved?
Update the "new technologies" policy and "evaluate the progress and effectiveness" policies to be explicitly data-driven.  Let's not implement new tools based on buzz & vibes.

• "Use data-driven methodologies to evaluate new technologies, tools, and best practices and incorporate those that improve the transportation system and the experience of those who use it."
• "Gather and analyze data to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of transportation plans, projects, and initiatives."

Simplify the TDM policy to "Minimize single-occupancy vehicle trips and emissions" - infrastructure investments and TDM are both strategies that can get us there, and fall beneath that much more straightforward and simple policy.

We have a policy about extreme weather and a policy about temporary disruptions such as construction - where does the disruption of routine weather like snow fall come in?  Need to make sure we are be explicit that we won't let weather that we see pretty much every year (snow fall and heavy rain) cripple our micromobility and transit networks like it does now.

Are there any missing policies that you think should be added?

Design is important for safety, but there are some things you can't design to prevent.  We still need a policy about enforcing our transportation laws.  Suggest: "Enforce our transportation laws in a manner that is swift, certain, and fair, prioritizing offenses that have the most potential to harm others."

While there is a policy about addressing the impact of climate change, there doesn't seem to be a policy about doing our part to slow or stop the change in the first place.  We need a specific policy about favoring transportation modes, designs, and operations that minimize environmental impacts - be those emissions, microplastics, storm water, or others.

Need a policy about strategic right-of-way acquisition.

Are there any key destinations you feel are not well-served by the draft Bicycle and Micromobility Priority Network?
Potomac Yard feels cut off from nearby Aurora Hills - there are so few safe places to cross Route 1 south of 23rd Street. The narrow sidewalk that aligns with Fort Scott Drive should be expanded and realigned to meet up with the existing traffic signal at 27th Street South.

Abingdon Elementary is difficult to reach from the core of Shirlington - 31st St is Transit priority and the Trades Center hampers all other connectivity in the area.  Need to find a way for 31st to support both transit and micromobility connectivity, or need to commit to improving micromobility connectivity in the area as part of any future reconfiguration of the Trades Center.

Glebe Road continues to divide Green Valley in this network with no connectivity across it between Walter Reed Drive and 24th Rd except for the light at Kenmore which doesn't actually get you to much since 20th Ct is a dead-end and Glebe is a car-centric hellscape unfit for micromobility users.

Concerned about connectivity to Campbell Elementary with that portion of Carlin Springs Road being only micromobility priority 3.

Need a connection between the W&OD Trail and the trail on N Kensington St.

Fort Myer Heights, South of Arlington Boulevard, feels disconnected from the rest of Arlington.

Do you have any other comments about the draft modal priority networks?

Overall, they're looking great, other than the comments shared above!

Do you agree with transportation safety and Modal Priority Network connectivity being the top two priorities for curb uses in all areas of the County?
STRONGLY AGREE

For each of the land uses shown, we recommend that the curb priorities be:
THIRD: People Access (bus stops, bikeshare stations, etc)
FOURTH: Goods Access (pick-up/drop-off, loading, trash collection)
FIFTH: Either Greening (trees, planters, rain gardens) or Public Space Activation (plazas, parklets, public art)