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We are looking forward to seeing you in-person at our Year 1 Vision Zero Open House and sharing our activities and progress during Year 1 of Arlington’s Vision Zero program. Look out for an email from us prior to the meeting with a link to the Vision Zero Year 1 Progress Report for your review and bring your thoughts and questions for County staff (in English or Spanish). |
We’ll cover updates on safety data, analysis, projects, initiatives, and findings from the Annual Safety Feedback Engagement that took place in March 2022. Please share this opportunity to engage with our safety team with your community!
Date: Wednesday, May 11 from 5-8PM
Location: Lubber Run Community Center (300 N Park Dr, Arlington, VA 22203)
No need to RSVP – The meeting will be an open-house format, so please drop in anytime 5-8pm.
Click here for more info.
We installed demonstration school slow zones around 13 schools in early 2022. A school slow zone is a permanent 20 mile-per-hour speed limit on a neighborhood street within 600 feet of a key access point to a school (learn more about school slow zones here).
Because school slow zones are a new safety treatment in Arlington, these demonstrations will test whether the school slow zone policy effectively reduces speeds around schools before installing them at all schools in the County.
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Please answer this seven-question form to help us understand how the demonstration projects are working and how they can be improved.
We will apply the feedback received via this form combined with before/after speed data in the demonstration locations to finalize our school zone policy and deploy such zones at all schools in Arlington over the next several years.
The intersection of Patrick Henry Dr & 18th St N was identified in coordination with Arlington Public Schools in 2021 when Cardinal Elementary, a new neighborhood school, opened and generated more pedestrian activity across Patrick Henry Dr. This is a unique location where an uncontrolled school pedestrian crossing over an arterial (higher volume) roadway.
Data collection on Patrick Henry Dr confirmed speeding concerns cited by the community and led to this pilot project. This pilot will add new school crossing signage, speed signage, and pavement markings intended to (1) reduce vehicle speed traveling on Patrick Henry Dr and (2) increase visibility and awareness of people crossing at 18th St N.
County teams will install the pilot this month. Then over the next several months, we will assess before and after conditions (vehicle speeds and driver yielding behavior to people in the crosswalk) and use the findings to determine whether to considered applying the same treatment at similar uncontrolled arterial pedestrian crosswalks near schools throughout the County. Click here to learn more about Vision Zero safety pilot projects.
Arlington Preparedness Month is celebrated throughout April 2022! See below for featured events:
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55+ Live episode about 9-1-1 awareness. Targets the Arlington’s 55+ year-old community. We’ll visit to the ECC center and interview a 9-1-1 dispatcher | Launched on: 4/19
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Bilingual Financial Preparedness for Emergencies information distribution at DHS Tax Clinics (DHS) | March-April
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Until Help Arrives community training on May 19 (In person)
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CERT 20-YEARS Anniversary: April 27-May 21: CERT Basic Training - community training for individuals interested in becoming trained volunteers in emergency preparedness, response and recovery
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The Department of Environmental Services Division of Transportation is pleased to announce the South George Mason Drive Multimodal Corridor Study. Over the next few weeks, we hope to hear from as many residents, customers, commuters and business owners as possible. All engagement materials (web map, presentations, handouts, and feedback summaries) will be available in Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Mongolian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. If you have any questions on the study or the events below, please email Leah Gerber.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – May 1, 2022 – Online Feedback Map open for comments
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Thursday, April 28, 2022 – In-Person Walking Tour 2pm – 4pm (Columbia Pike area)
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Meet at Alcova Heights Park, next to the basketball courts.
- Spanish translation will be available.
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May 7: BikeArlington is teaming up with the Columbia Pike Wellness Festival to celebrate wellness with a bike ride.
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May 20: This Bike to Work Day, whether you’re working at home or commuting to the office, join people all over the region in celebrating biking and commuting in Arlington.
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