Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Alexandria section of the Crystal City-Potomac Yard transitway expected to be running in December 2013.
Construction of the Alexandria portion of the Crystal City-Potomac Yard transitway along Route 1 will begin later this month, bringing plenty of changes to the corridor. The Bus Rapid Transitway in Alexandria will consist of exclusive bus lanes in the median of Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and E. Glebe Road. The transitway will eventually connect the Braddock Road and Pentagon City Metro stations and will be constructed in concert with Arlington County. The BRT will offer fast, reliable and safe bus service, project planners said at a community meeting in April. Council approved the transitway in May and made provisions to monitor traffic and parking on streets near the transitway. With new northbound lanes now in service, the former …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Jurisdictions strike deal on two-phase plan to bring streetcars to the Route 1 corridor.
Alexandria City Council and the Arlington County Board both moved Saturday to work in partnership to bring streetcars to the Route 1 corridor. The jurisdictions agreed that Arlington, in the first phase of the two-phase project, will begin planning for a Route 1 streetcar line in 2013 that will extend from Crystal City to its border with Alexandria in Potomac Yard. During this time, Alexandria will continue work to finalize the proposed new Potomac Yard Metro station. Alexandria will then begin the streetcar project’s second phase in 2014 by pursuing environmental and alternatives studies to assess the conversion of its portion of the Route 1 transitway from buses to streetcars. The studies are necessary for Alexandria to secure federal …
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Governing bodies to consider proposal on Saturday.
Alexandria and Arlington County are nearing an agreement for a streetcar in the Route 1 corridor, according to ARLnow. Alexandria City Council and the Arlington County Board are both scheduled to vote on the agreement on Saturday at respective meetings. According to the proposal, Arlington would work to complete an environmental assessment for the streetcar by late 2013. Alexandria would work toward completing environmental and alternative studies required to secure federal funding for the conversion of its segement of the Crystal City-Potomac Yard BRT by early 2014. This would come after the final location of the Potomac Yard Metro station is determined or the no-build option is adopted. In April, Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille and …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Alexandria City Council recently approved design elements of dedicated Bus Rapid Transit lanes on Route 1.
Alexandria City Council approved design elements of the city’s portion of the Crystal City-Potomac Yard transitway last week, putting construction of bus rapid transit lanes between Potomac Avenue and E. Glebe Road on track to begin in July. Council made provisions to monitor changes in vehicle traffic in the area and requested city staff begin the process of creating a parking district in areas of Del Ray close to the BRT stops. As reported in an April Patch story, the BRT will alter several Route 1 intersections. The traffic signal at Hume Avenue will be removed and the intersection will become right-in, right-out only. Right-in, right-out will also be required at Raymond, Windsor and Bellefonte avenues. Intersections at Potomac Avenue…
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Bus Rapid Transitway construction expected to begin in July.
The creation of the Crystal City-Potomac Yard transitway will alter the layout of Route 1 to offer fast, reliable and safe bus service, project planners said at a community meeting Wednesday at Cora Kelly Recreation Center. The Bus Rapid Transitway in Alexandria will consist of exclusive bus lanes in the median of Route 1 between Potomac Avenue and E. Glebe Road. The transitway will eventually connect Braddock Road and Pentagon City Metro stations. Work is being performed in partnership with Arlington County. The northbound lanes of Route 1 are currently being expanded. To create the BRT, the existing northbound lanes will be repurposed with concrete for a two-lane bus way. There will be 12-foot landscaped medians on either side of the …
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