Arlington's 10 Year Capital Plan

Level of Effort: 10 minutes, at home in your PJs

Deadline: Mon July 15th 5pm

In less than 2 weeks the County Board will adopt a capital plan for the next 10 years. Below we've outlined what is included in the plan (from a transportation standpoint) and notable absences from the plan. Please email the County Board and show your support for what you like that's in the plan, and advocate for the inclusion of what is not.

In the Plan

Transit:

MetroRail Operating & Capital Needs
ART Operations & Maintenance Facility - facility complete Fall ‘24 / EV infrastructure complete Fall ‘25 $95m total, $27.4m in this CIP
Replacing all ART Buses with Battery Electric Buses $134.2m including $25 million in LOCAL FUNDING that could be used for numerous Complete Streets projects
ART Fleet Replacement (replacing buses at EOL) $67.7m
ART Fleet Expansion (buying 15 new buses to enhance service) $13.5m
EFC Bus Bay Expansion ($8.6m) - complete Fall ‘26
Shirlington Transit Station Expansion ($11.9m) - FY2030
NaLa Transitway Extension $23.8m - Complete Spring ‘26
Crystal City Metro 2nd Entrance $146.1m, $127.1m this CIP. Complete Spring ‘27
Ballston Metro 2nd Entrance $181m, $177m this CIP, Complete Summer ‘29
Courthouse Metro 2nd Elevators $57.5m, Spring ‘31
East Falls Church Metro 2nd Entrance, $1m, construction beyond CIP horizon
Bus Stop ADA Improvements, $10m

BikeArlington/WalkArlington Capital:

Arlington Memorial Trail $21m, FY2034
Arlington Boulevard Trail, multiple segments, $22m FY2028-2037
Capital Bikeshare Capital, $17m
Countywide Pedestrian Spot Improvements, $8m ongoing
Lorcom Lane Sidewalk, $1m, FY2026
North Park Dr & George Mason Signal, $1m, FY2025

Columbia Pike Corridor:

Pike Multimodal $162m, $44m this CIP FY2028 (includes at least some Bike Boulevards funding)
Pike Transit Stations $14m, $8m this CIP FY2026
Walter Reed Dr 6th St to Pike $8m FY2028
Arlington View Connector Trail $10m, FY2028

Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor:

Fairfax Dr at Kirkwood $6m, FY2029
Ft Myer Dr Tunnel Removal $42m, FY2031
North Meade St Improvements $11m, FY2029
Core of Rosslyn Multimodal Improvements $22m, FY26-FY30
Wilson Blvd - 10th to Kenmore $9m, FY28

Crystal City / Pentagon City Streets:

15th St / Clark & Bell $12m, FY2027
Army Navy Drive $9m, FY2026
Army Navy Drive Missing Link $4m, FY2026
CC2DCA $55m, FY2029
Long Bridge Drive Trail $8m, FY2029
South Eads St, various segments $19m, all done by FY2034
23rd Street / Restaurant Row (FY 2032)
18th Street Realignment (Clark/Bell to Crystal Drive) construction start FY2027
23rd St, Route 1 to Crystal Drive (FY 2029, dependent on redevelopment)
20th Street Reconstruction, Route 1 to Crystal Drive (FY 2031)

Langston Boulevard Corridor:

Langston Multimodal Improvements $50m to implement projects identified in two Langston Multimodal Studies (see studies section)

Improvements Outside Major Corridors:

Arlington Blvd / Washington Blvd Interchange $10m, FY2029
Four Mile Run Corridor Improvements $9m, FY2028
Military Road at Nelly Custis Dr Roundabout $4m, FY2026
North Sycamore St $4m, FY2028
Pershing Dr Barton to Washington Blvd $3m, FY2027
South Carlin Springs Rd Sidewalk Improvements $2m, FY2026
South George Mason - 50 to CP $13m, FY2028
South George Mason & 4MRD - $13m, FY2031
South George Mason - CP to Fairfax - $10m+, FY2037

Vision Zero:

System Studies / Improvements $15m
Arterial Studies / Improvements $5m
Capital Program Funding $6m

Studies:

Columbia Pike Bike Boulevards Study (Timing unclear)
Custis Trail Renovation Study (FY 2025)
Four Mile Run Trail Crossing at Shirlington Road (FY 2025)
Langston Multimodal Study, Areas 2&3 (FY 2026)
Langston Multimodal Study, Area 5 (FY 2025)
Carlin Springs Road Corridor Study (FY 2027)
Fairfax / 10th St Corridor Study (FY 2027)
South Hayes Street Study (FY 2028)
Shirlington Road Multimodal Study (FY 2029)
Glebe Road Corridor Multimodal Study (FY 2029)
Kenmore MS Trail Study (FY 2029)
Wilson Boulevard Multimodal Study (FY 2030)
North George Mason Drive Study (FY 2030)

Notable Absences:

Kenmore Middle School Connector Trail - No Design or Construction Funding (only a study)
Fairfax Drive Protected Bike Lanes - No Design or Construction Funding (only a study)
Custis Trail Rehabilitation - No Design or Construction Funding (only a study)
Protected Bike Lanes on 15th St between Hayes and Elm St (as called for in Pentagon City Sector Plan) - No Funding
Courthouse Multimodal Connectivity Project - No Funding
Carlin Springs Road - No Comprehensive Design or Construction Funding (only a study & spot improvements)

Suggested Feedback

Email countyboard@arlingtonva.us with your feedback, or sign up to speak TONIGHT at the County Board Public Hearing.

In-Person: 2100 Clarendon Blvd, 3rd Floor, right by the elevator.
Virtually: Via Microsoft Teams. The Teams link is on the receipt when you submit the signup form as well as sent to you via your email receipt after submitting the signup form.

Suggested Talking Points

$25 million in LOCAL money to needlessly replace working buses with EV buses that have a shorter range and require additional infrastructure is a waste of important transportation funds that could be rebuilding our streets to be safer and enabling people to get around via active transportation.
We have many more street redesign needs than we are able to accommodate in this CIP - Fairfax Drive, Carlin Springs Road, rebuilding the Custis Trail, expanding our trail network, etc. We need our congressional delegation to restore our NVTA Local funds that were diverted to Metro!
Customize with projects from above that you support or oppose! We think Courthouse Multimodal, Protected Bike Lanes on 15th St between Hayes and Elm in Pentagon City, and a Complete Streets project on Fairfax Drive from Glebe to Clarendon Circle deserve specific mention.

Email the County Board