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Ballston Station Multimodal Improvements Study

Transportation Commission May 27, 2010

Summary

• Needs & Issues
• Timeline
• Funding
• Scope
• Goals
• Next Steps

Needs & Issues

• Competing uses of limited curb and sidewalk

space

• Safety of all users
• Wayfinding
• Attractiveness of public space
• Future growth

Timeline

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Funding

• Concept Development:

– $200,000 WMATA TIIF

• Preliminary Engineering:

– $100,000 VDOT State Revenue Sharing – $100,000 Arlington County transportation bonds

• Design and Construction:

– $3 million requested in Draft CIP

Scope

• Study limits bounded by Fairfax Drive,

N Stuart St, 9th St N, and N Stafford St

• Horizon year 2015
• West entrance to Metrorail station is on hold

pending redevelopment; excluded from study

Draft Goals

• Goal: Increase traffic safety, particularly for

vulnerable users

– Objective: Decrease conflicts between buses and pedestrians – Objective: Improve bicyclist safety

Draft Goals

• Goal: Improve transit circulation around the

station

– Objective: Decrease the number of buses parked in non-bus spaces – Objective: Improve the management of curbside

• perations
• Goal: Improve access and facilities for all users

– Objective: Improve attractiveness of bus facilities to increase bus patronage

Draft Goals

• Goal: Enhance design of public spaces

– Objective: Increase user comfort – Objective: Improve retail viability

• Goal: Provide sustainable infrastructure

– Objective: Enhance the attractiveness of transportation choices – Objective: Provide for low impact development, where possible

Next Steps

• Immediate feedback
• Stakeholder Meeting – Thursday June 10,

6 p.m. at the Metro escalator

• Comments later? Contact Matthew Huston at

mhuston@arlingtonva.us, 703-228-3267