ACCS Research Team

Mobility Lab & Partner Research

ACCS Making an Impact FY2011

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:34 PM

SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS On the average workday in FY 2011, Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS) reduced traffic in Arlington by about 40,100 trips by helping people switch from driving alone to taking transit, carpooling, vanpooling, walking, or biking. Considering that the average lane of interstate highway carries approximately 4,000 – 6,000 vehicles in the [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

ACCS Making an Impact FY2010

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:31 PM

SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS On the average workday in FY 2010, Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS) reduced traffic in Arlington by 39,600 trips by helping people switch from driving alone to taking transit, carpooling, vanpooling, walking, or biking. Considering that the average lane of interstate highway carries approximately 4,000 – 6,000 vehicles in the rush [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

ACCS Making an Impact FY2009

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:27 PM

RESEARCH The ACCS Making An Impact report for 2009 documents that each day ACCS eliminates nearly 39,000 vehicles trips, over 625,000,000 vehicles miles of travel, 26,000 gallons of fuel and 565,000 pounds of CO2. To visualize the daily impact on traffic of removing 39,000 vehicle trips  consider that I-395 and I-66 carry approximately 37,000 vehicles [...]

by ACCS Research Team
Mobility Lab & Partner Research

ACCS Making an Impact FY2008

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:00 PM

In FY 2008, Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS) eliminated 38,000 daily vehicle trips in the County by helping people shift from driving alone to transit, carpooling, vanpooling, walking, bicycling, or teleworking. To visualize 38,000 vehicles, consider that I-395 and I-66 carry a combined total of 37,000 passenger vehicles in eight inbound lanes during the three hour morning rush period. This [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

Making an Impact Annual Reports (FY2008 – Present)

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 10:43 PM

In 2006, ACCS embarked on an extensive research and evaluation program to measure its success in meeting customers’ needs and document the travel and environmental impacts of mode changes influenced by TDM services. ACCS conducted surveys of residents, employees, service users, and employers to measure their awareness and use of TDM services, their satisfaction with the services, and their travel [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research
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2012 The Commuter Store® Study

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:00 AM

The Commuter Stores® are a key component of Arlington County Commuter Services’ success. As the results of the 2012 Commuter Store® Study show, the stores help to shift travelers from driving alone to other travel modes. The goal of this study was to profile customers at the store, identify how people find out about the [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

2010 State of the Commute

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 1:58 PM

Arlington County residents are four times as likely to commute by bicycle than commuters in the Washington, DC region as a whole. Arlington residents are also more likely to commute by train and are less likely to drive alone than their regional counterparts. Source:  2010 State of the Commute Survey These findings are among the [...]

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Economic Prosperity

2011-2012 Capital Bikeshare Member Survey

Monday, June 18, 2012 11:59 AM

Presented here are some of the results of the Capital Bikeshare Customer Use and Satisfaction Survey conducted for the Capital Bikeshare program in late 2011 and released in June 2012. Capital Bikeshare, a program jointly owned and sponsored by the District of Columbia and Arlington County, VA and operated by Alta Bicycle Share, Inc., offers [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

2010 Redefine Your Commute Study

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:28 PM

During the Redefine Your Commute campaign, over 13,510 people were contacted and 415 individual commute planners produced. Survey intercepts conducted at selected properties, along with a follow-up detailed online survey, informed us that individuals appreciated receiving their commute information in an event setting rather than from their employer or residential property manager. Individuals also stated [...]

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Mobility Lab & Partner Research

Ongoing Regional Plans 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012 10:59 AM

  VTrans 2035 Update Not on the map – statewide. Description: Virginia’s statewide long-range multimodal transportation plan. Identifies large scale state priorities. Locals are invited to comment at information sessions. Key dates: Originally adopted in 2009. Update complete December 2012. Super NoVa Transit/TDM Vision Plan Description: Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) will develop [...]

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