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Thanks for the piece and welcome, Joey. I live at the west end of this road in Arlington. I did a piece a while back on Infosnack about a proposed streetcar line along this corridor, complete with suggested stops and car barn locations.

http://www.infosnack.org/2008/07/example-streetcar-line.html

Unfortunately the bus line ridership is currently very low compared to reasonable criteria for upgrading service (Average weekday ridership between Rosslyn and East Falls Church of about 600, with total 3E/A/B ridership of about 2750. This does not compare favorably to ridership on the much more popular 70s, 40s, 30s or the X2, which have riderships well above 10,000 per day (PDF). Maybe after a revitalization and general increase in density along the corridor a streetcar would make sense again.

There are definitely some good sites for general densification or transit oriented development (Lee and Lexington, Lee and Harrison, Lee and George Mason, Lee and Glebe, Lee and Quincy, Lee and Kirkwood, Lee and Veitch), and the corridor is already designated at "Primary Transit Network" corridor in Arlington's Master Transportation Plan:

http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/EnvironmentalServices/dot/planning/mplan/mtp/MTP_Draft.aspx

I have 3A/3B/3E bus ridership data by stop (boardings and alightings) for anyone who wants to take a look. Please email michaelp@ggwash.org if you want it.

by Michael Perkins on Dec 30, 2008 10:29 am • link • report