Transportation Commission
Arterial Transportation Management Study

Arlington County has contracted with Kimley-Horn and Associates to examine future travel levels, develop a new street functional classification system, and develop a way to manage transportation along arterial roads. The measures will be developed through community participation. The planning process is designed to address traffic safety, pedestrian and transit access and bicycle issues in the county.

The Arterial Transportation Management Study is guided by a study advisory task force organized by the Arlington County Transportation Commission. The study task group meets with the consultant team and County staff on a monthly basis. The consultant team will present information to selected County advisory groups at several critical junctures in the study process.

The consultant team works closely with County staff and members of the Arlington County Transportation Commission to develop an arterial traffic management program that will enhance the movement of people throughout the County and fit with the "urban village" and the desire to have walkable communities. The consultant team will accomplish this study in the following steps:

• Research and analyze existing national and international transportation management practices and traffic-calming measures for arterial roadways;
• Provide traffic modeling and develop long range travel forecasts to help determine functional classification and capacity issues;
• Develop criteria and design standards for a new street functional classification system that considers pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, and transit facilities in relation to transportation and land use context;
• Provide design studies for several of Arlington’s arterial roadways including a community process and development of a preferred alternative;
• Develop procedures for a potential arterial transportation management program including process, priorities, resources, evaluation, marketing and a tool box of measures; and
• Provide design studies for several of Arlington’s arterial roadways including a community process and development of a preferred alternative.

Schedule: The Study was initiated in mid-May 2003. It will take about nine months. The County anticipates monthly meetings from July to early 2004.

Team: The Study Team is made up on industry leaders in multi-modal transportation planning with an emphasis on safety and pedestrian mobility. Kimley-Horn is the lead consultant with assistance from Dan Burden from Walkable Communities and Ian Lockwood from Glatting Jackson Inc.

Web Page: The consultant team will establish, update, and maintain a web page for the study. The web page will include meeting announcements, the study timeline, and information and concept plans available for a public review.

See also:

October 2003 Visioning Meetings

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